Click on each image for a closer look! In this post, we highlight the recently opened new CN Roundhouse & Conference Centre at the West Coast Railway Heritage Park. This Roundhouse and an accompanying turntable are not restorations but rather are purpose built new structures. The Roundhouse was developed with
Click on each image for a closer look! My primary goal from a TRHA perspective in my recent trip to the West Coast was to visit the West Coast Railway Association’s Railway Heritage Park in Squamish, B.C. Don Evans, their President and CEO, was kind enough to spend most of
Click on each image for a closer look! Earlier this month, I vacationed for a week in the wonderful resort town of Whistler in British Columbia. While there, I couldn’t resist doing a little trainspotting. The Rocky Mountaineer company is well know for running tourist passenger trains through the Rocky
Click on each picture for a closer look! (Ralph Beaumont is an avid railfan from Ontario who reports on his railway adventures in B.C. as follows – Russ Milland) I was fortunate to spend some time in British Columbia this summer, with a great deal of train watching and riding
Click on each image for a closer look! David Howard is a fellow member of the Niagara chapter of the Canadian Railway Historical Association. The American Locomotive Company (ALCO) was a famed manufacturer of steam and subsequently diesel locomotives as well. After amalgamating with a number of locomotive companies, they
Click on each image for a closer look! Dave Lawrence is a member of the TRHA Simulations team who developed the Toronto Rail Lands Simulation featured in our Railway Simulations Centre exhibit. On June 11th, 2011 Dave visited the Northern Ontario Railroad Museum & Heritage Centre. Located about 40 kilometres
Click on each image for a closer look! . Further to our last posting, we complete our virtual field trip to the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek, Ohio. At the above left, we get a closer look at their 17 stall roundhouse. It is also interesting to note that
Click on each image for a closer look! . While we have not as yet visited this operation, it is timely that we make a virtual visit to this rapidly evolving “operating steam railway museum” which is only a six hour drive from Roundhouse Park here in Toronto. . Some
Click on each image for a closer look! . Railfanning, described in an earlier TRHA News post) is a popular pastime pursued by many railroad enthusiasts. Brian Switzer is an avid railfan who shares the images and stories of his excursions on the Internet. His latest adventure involved the pursuit
Click on each image for a closer look! . One of the premier railway museums in the world, the National Railway Museum (NRM) was opened in 1975 as a dedicated museum for the national collection of railway artefacts. This interesting museum is located within a five-minute walk of the busy