Click on each image for a closer look! . As winter closes in on Toronto and Roundhouse Park, we will look further afield for news of interest to those of us interested in the preservation of railway history and the development of railway museums. . In November of 2009, James
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Click on each image for a closer look! . Last October, I had the opportunity to visit the Virginia Museum of Transportation in an ongoing quest to learn from other museums as we plan for the development of the Toronto Railway Heritage Centre. . This museum first opened its doors
Click on the image for a closer look! . Here’s an interesting photograph from Edward Forbes Bush’s book “Engine House and Turntables on Canadian Railways.” The only information on this National Archive of Canada image is “Turntable pit mishap, Beaverton, Ontario, n.d.” (no date). Beaverton, on the eastern shore of
Click on the image for a closer look! . In my recent article on the history of railfannning, I included an 1858 photograph, probably the earliest image known that shows that activity. The photograph depicted the Artists’ Excursion at Tray Run, Maryland in 1858. One of my Christmas gifts to
Below are two videos taken of our New Year’s Day run on the new TRHA miniature railway..The first was taken by Michael Guy..The second video captures a complete ride around our track and was taken by Wilson Lau. His videos were edited by Walter Pfefferle to run at twice the
Click on each image for a closer look! . Looking back on 2009, we thought it appropriate to prepare a “Top 10” list of significant milestones for both the TRHA (Toronto Railway Historical Association) and the TRHC (Toronto Railway Heritage Centre). These milestones were chosen to comprehensively cover the many,
Click on the image for a closer look! . Thomas Blampied of Whitby has provided us with this image of the Pyke Crane taken in October of 2006 during major renovations of the station platforms in Union Station. Thomas has an extensive photo library of railway images online. Click here
Click on each image for a closer look! . As sections of the Roundhouse move to completion, one of the final finish items is building lighting. These two photographs taken on December 21st during aiming trials shows the turntable courtyard and roundhouse doors as they will be lit during non-occupancy
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Monday, December 28th marked a major milestone in the development of Roundhouse Park. While our TRHA team did not drive an actual last spike to complete the miniature railway, they did complete a host of tasks remaining on the railway to
Click on each picture for a closer look! . In this installment of our news posting of the move of the Pyke Crane to the Roundhouse, we first see (in the upper left picture) the CLC Whitcomb in action moving our #4803 GP9 to a new location. In the middle