Click on each image for a closer look! The TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) expects to take delivery of the first of a new series of streetcars in late 2012. A mock-up of the front half of the new light rail vehicle can now be visited at the following time and

Click on each image for a closer look! The roof of the TH&B Van#70 cupola is beginning its restoration. The restoration is an interesting study in the construction and materials used over the years to waterproof the Van. All the metal corners for the cupola which sit on the outside

Click on the image for a closer look! November 7, 2011 marked the 126th anniversary of the driving of the Canadian Pacific Railway’s Last Spike at Craigellachie, British Columbia in 1885. Nowhere else in the world has a private railway company been so inextricably linked to nation building as the

Click on each image for a closer look! Keeping our restoration stalls clean, safe and orderly is a continual challenge. James Rasor reports here on the great job that our TRHA volunteers did today as they made significant progress on organizing this area for our busy winter restoration programme. “The

Buster Keaton was one of the most famous silent film comedians of all time. The National Film Board of Canada has a long and storied history of producing great short films. They generously make hundreds of these films available for viewing online at www.nfb.ca. The Wikipedia entry for the NFB

Click on each image for a closer look! Once again this year, our TRHA volunteers decided to celebrate Halloween, albeit a day early on Sunday, October 30th! The decorating crew started at eight that morning and continued right through the day. Miniature railway operations operations started at noon using the

Click on each image for a closer look! With the re-installation of the park benches and the removal of the fences protecting the newly re-sodded areas of the park, all traces of the Railway Children production having been in the park are gone. As we can see in these images,

Click on the image above for a closer view! “Roundhouses Revived ! Second Debut” is an article by Guylaine Spencer in a recent issue of Via Rail’s Destinations magazine. It begins: “Their half-moon shape and brick-and-wood construction distinguishes the buildings from the angular glass-and-steel skyscrapers engulfing them. At first glance,

Click on each image for a closer look! Is it a van or is it a caboose? It appears that both names have been used for these unique pieces of rolling stock in North America. As our readers will have noticed in past news postings, TRHA volunteers have been making

Click on each image for a closer look! Saturdays each week see the most volunteers turning out to not only help with our operations but also to staff our work crews on our various projects. This Saturday was no exception as had sixteen volunteers helping out. Some of the crews