Click on the image for a closer look! The Guelph Historical Railway Association (GHRA) is active in the Guelph, Ontario area where they are actively restoring CNR Northern 4-8-4 steam engine #6167 as well as a CPR caboose/van. The Guelph Junction Express has been operated as a tourist/dinner train operation
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Click on each image for a closer look! This past weekend turned out to be a busy one from various perspectives. On Saturday, one crew of volunteers was busy at many different tasks inside the roundhouse. On Sunday, another crew of volunteers began the process of replacing the wooden deck
The Roundhouse and Conference Centre (continued) There is also a second floor area with a board room and office space as well as a mezzanine area across the front of the interior from which visitors can view the collection from above. The rolling stock normally on display in the roundhouse
Click on each image for a closer look! In this post, we highlight the recently opened new CN Roundhouse & Conference Centre at the West Coast Railway Heritage Park. This Roundhouse and an accompanying turntable are not restorations but rather are purpose built new structures. The Roundhouse was developed with
Click on each image for a closer look! My primary goal from a TRHA perspective in my recent trip to the West Coast was to visit the West Coast Railway Association’s Railway Heritage Park in Squamish, B.C. Don Evans, their President and CEO, was kind enough to spend most of
Click on each image for a closer look! Earlier this month, I vacationed for a week in the wonderful resort town of Whistler in British Columbia. While there, I couldn’t resist doing a little trainspotting. The Rocky Mountaineer company is well know for running tourist passenger trains through the Rocky
Click on each image for a closer look! As we announced several days ago, we held our first weekly (Saturday) tour of Roundhouse Park as an additional experience that we are offering to the public. In the image above, we catch the tour in progress. This augmented our other attractions
Click on each picture for a closer look! (Ralph Beaumont is an avid railfan from Ontario who reports on his railway adventures in B.C. as follows – Russ Milland) I was fortunate to spend some time in British Columbia this summer, with a great deal of train watching and riding
Click on each image for a closer look! The Toronto Railway Heritage Centre is pleased to offer weekly guided tours of the TRHC and Roundhouse Park beginning Saturday, July 16 at 12:30 PM. This tour will allow visitors to experience the rich railway heritage contained within this most historic site
Click on each image for a closer look! David Howard is a fellow member of the Niagara chapter of the Canadian Railway Historical Association. The American Locomotive Company (ALCO) was a famed manufacturer of steam and subsequently diesel locomotives as well. After amalgamating with a number of locomotive companies, they