In 2007, twelve years ago as of this post, the Toronto Railway Historical Association’s website first launched at trha.ca. It was used primarily to document the activities of TRHA volunteers as well as railway history topics from the Toronto area. Like the rest of the TRHA, the website was and
The iconic Canadian coffee chain, Tim Horton’s, hosted a five day convention in downtown Toronto for over 3,500 restaurant owners, team members, suppliers and guests from July 16th to 20th to celebrate Tim Horton’s 50th Anniversary. On July 19th, Roundhouse Park played host to conference attendees at a grand reception
Once again, the Toronto Railway Museum will be holding our two day Doors Open Railway Show as part of the Toronto Doors Open city-wide event. As in the past, we will opening more of our attractions to the public than are normally available and will again host a Model Train
Click on each picture for a closer look! . The Toronto Society of Model Engineers (TSME) has just celebrated their 75th anniversary having been formed in 1933. They have always been focussed on all aspects of model building and engineering and associated areas of craftsmanship. Their meetings are always enjoyable
Click on the arrow in the picture above to watch the movie! As mentioned in an earlier news item, rides on restored rail motorcars or ‘speeders’ were a feature of Doors Open 2008. In this video, we catch the action! Video and text by Russ Milland, TRHA http://www.trha.ca
Click on the pictures for a closer look! . . . . Rod Wilson, a Vice-President of Track Motorcars of Ontario, has arranged each year to display at Doors Open one or more of their restored motorcars (also called ‘speeders’) which were used by railway staff to inspect and maintain
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . TRHA Doors Open at the Roundhouse and Union Station last weekend was one of the most successful so far in our history of hosting the event in terms of the number of visitors and the quality of the displays.
The largest train show by far held annually in the Toronto area is the Christmas Train Show to be held this year on Saturday, November 24th (noon to 5:00 p.m.) and Sunday, November 25th (10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) at the International Centre on Airport Road just north of the