Click on each picture for a closer look! . Many of us remember the wonderful sound of steam engine whistles as we were growing up. As diesel locomotives began to replace steam on most railroads, it was realized that the new locomotives were unable to efficiently utilize the steam whistles
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Click on each image for a closer look! . In the image at the upper left, we view the former CPR Waterfront Station in a picture taken from Grandville and West Cordova Streets in Vancouver, British Columbia. This station designed by the architectural firm of Barrott, Blackader & Webster and
Click on each picture for a closer look! . As our readers have noticed, TRHA folks are fond of making field trips to other railway museums and restored railways for both personal enjoyment and to get ideas to guide our museum development. Jason Pelton of the TRHA recently visited Vancouver,
Click on each picture for a closer look! . A crew of eleven volunteers worked on many different projects on Saturday. Work continued on the F7 diesel cab as shown in the images above. Joshua, our newest volunteer, applied test paint patches to the CP #7020 using a multi-mark red
Click on the image for a closer look!.Today we are publishing a picture taken by Al Paterson on October 3rd, 1958. It is one of the few pictures that we have of our CNR Northern 4-8-4 U-2-g Northern #6213. Here we find a dramatic image of our engine taking a
Click on each image for a closer look! . “The Toronto Railway Heritage Centre recently received a valuable donation from John Kendall of Toronto who regularly rides past the roundhouse on his bike and is aware of progress at the museum. The donation consists of the name board and schedule
Click on each image for a closer look! . As shown in the pictures below, work is also progressing on completing the restoration of Don Station and Cabin D. Tom Murison, whose team is doing the work, reports regularly on their progress. Here is an excerpt about the deck work
Click on each image for a closer look! . Even during the week, there is activity above and beyond the work being done by contractors. . On Wednesday, a small team of TRHA volunteers had a great day today working on the miniature railway depot tracks in the sunshine as
Click on each picture for a closer look! . The TRHA offers tours of Union Station on the last Saturday of each month at 11 a.m. Cost is $10 each payable on arrival for the tour. Reservations are not necessary and those interested should meet by the Traveler’s Aid counter
Click on each image for a closer look! . Continuing our visual coverage of the weekend’s progress, we see at the upper left the Fowler box car in an unusual appearance outside the roundhouse. This boxcar was a revolutionary Canadian invention in its time. The next two pictures show progress