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
Click on each image for a closer look! . The Toronto Railway Heritage Centre, located at the former Canadian Pacific Railway John Street roundhouse in downtown Toronto, will soon have an opportunity to display many historical Canadian railway treasures. Included will be many items gathered over the years by our
Click on each image for a closer look! . The Toronto Railway Historical Association (TRHA) is pleased to announce that we have acquired one of the premier collections of Railway artefacts in Canada from David A. Walmsley of Orillia, Ontario. David started collecting when he was thirteen years old in
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! . Well, you couldn’t ask for better March weather, it was sunny, windy and hot at +18.5C! . The project for the day was to accept and erect a pair of crossing gates donated and delivered by PNR Railworks. They also promised
Click on each image for a closer look! . I recently received a call from a Mr. Tim Irish, who advised that he had two authentic Canadian Pacific Railway trainman’s uniforms and he wanted to find them both a good home. After a brief conversation, he agreed to donate the
Click on each picture for a closer look! . The Huntsville and Lakes of Bays Railway is a wonderful small railway which operates in Huntsville, Ontario. Among its rolling stock are the steam locomotives and open passenger cars used by the original railways to move passengers from one set of
The TRHA would like to announce two significant donations to the Roundhouse and the City of Toronto. The Upper Canada Railway Society has gifted the Canadian Pacific Railway heavyweight passenger car “Cape Race” to the museum. This car will be restored to it’s former glory as a prime example of