Deb, Bill, Jay and Russ on the “front porch” of the U33C One of our winter projects is the expansion of our mini-Museum to expand the displays and available experiences for the museum visitor. A first step was the movement of the U33C simulator towards the front of Stall 16
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We have brought a number of great railway themed videos to your attention which were made using drones with cameras. The most spectacular of those can be watched by clicking here. In the video above, a drone was used to produce a two and a half minute video of the
The Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA) Canada is dedicated to the preservation and restoration of heavy construction equipment and the history of the people in the construction industry that helped to build Canada. The HCEA Canada is involved in locating, preserving, and restoring construction equipment and its literature. Their machinery
The narrow gauge tourist railways of Colorado in the USA are famed for the fabulous scenery. Many consider the Durango and Silverton Railway journey one of the top 10 most spectacular railway journeys on earth. The half hour documentary (below) hosted by David Holt and produced and directed by Robert
A few years ago, we orchestrated a “night shoot” where we positioned our engines and rolling stock in the Park to allow photographers to capture dramatic images of our artefacts. These were published as a seven part series of TRHA News items beginning here. When we developed Roundhouse Park, we
CP Holiday Train from Canadian Pacific on Vimeo. Each year, the CP Holiday Trains travel the CP system entertaining at many different communities and raising money for local food banks. The 3 1/2 minute video above tells the story well. It will be stopping in the southern Ontario area this
If Ferrari designed trains, what would they look like? Ferrari designer Ken Okuyama, in collaboration with Japan Railways East, is developing a super luxury train set. To learn more, click here. Click on each image for a closer look! http://www.trha.ca
Now that Cape Race has moved out of the Roundhouse, where is everything today? As the photos show below: Cape Race & Whitcomb #1 are on the turntable CP #7020 is in the Roundhouse for some initial restoration work CNR #6213 is also in the Roundhouse for maintenance work TH&B
David Howard of CRHA Niagara Division shares some historic images from 26 years ago: “About 25 years ago in the Spring of 1988, I spent an hour or two on the Sunnyside Pedestrian Bridge photographing the railway action on the busy Oakville Subdivision West of Union station in Toronto, Ontario,
The Toronto Railway Historical Association is presenting a series of three illustrated lectures by Toronto Railway Museum historian Derek Boles. Each of these fast-moving presentations is illustrated with hundreds of photographs, original animations, maps, diagrams, railway documents, advertising and other ephemera collected over the years by Mr. Boles and combined