Click on each image for a closer look! . The U33C Cab which we acquired is based on the Delaware and Hudson U33C #757 shown in the picture above. We intend to finish the cab in the same colour scheme in due course. . At the below left, we see
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Click on each picture for a closer look! . In the 1940’s and 1950’s, Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) developed a commanding share of the diesel locomotive marketplace in North America. General Electric’s “GE Rail” (now their Transportation Division) did produce locomotives for export but wanted a much bigger piece of the North
Click on each image for a closer look! . In this post, we continue to share information and images of some of the items that were acquired in the David Walmsley collection. Many of the hardware items among these artifacts will be exhibited at the Toronto Railway Heritage Centre as
Click on each image for a closer look! . Dictionary.com defines “panopoly” as a “splendid or impressive array” and our panopoly of projects is just that! Work continued on many fronts this week as we addressed the need to fine tune the ballast around the miniature railway track and complete
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Continuing with our presentation of artefacts from the David A. Walmsley collection, we present the following: . THE DOMINION EXPRESS SIGN (see image at upper left) . Today when we think of express, companies like FedEx, Purolator and UPS immediately spring
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Thanks to a baker’s dozen of volunteers (that is 13 of them!) forming our work team last Saturday, we successfully tackled our usual wide array of projects. In this week’s report, we will provide more details than usual to give you
Click on each image for a closer look! . Last Friday, a team of TRHA specialists in the art of running a miniature railway steamed up our Sweet Creek locomotive and took it out on the track for a first trial run on our home steel. Other than some predictable
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Even before work began on converting the John Street roundhouse into the Toronto Railway Heritage Centre, we realized that our high profile location would attract numerous visitors, among whom would be those who actually worked at John Street prior to its
Click on each image for a closer look! . Earlier this week, two military helicopters dropped in very close to the Roundhouse as can be seen in these images. They were there as part of the planning for the G20 Summit to be held on June 26th and June 27th
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Continuing with our presentation of artefacts from the David A. Walmsley collection, we present the following: STEAM LOCOMOTIVE NUMBER PLATE #6247: When the Canadian Northern Railway was amalgamated into the Canadian National Railway System in January 1923, the newly formed company