Once again, Dave Howard of the CRHA Niagara Division has dug into his archives of decades spent capturing the history of railroading as it unfolds. He brings us these images of railways right in our area featuring our own Cabin D in its original location. Dave says: “Here a few
Click on the image for a closer look! In January we shared historic photos from Dave Howard of the CRHA Niagara Division in previous postings which you can view by clicking here. Today, we share another image of the Toronto Rail Lands that David Howard of that group took many
Goderich, Ontario on the shore of Lake Huron has a long railway history. Wikipedia tells us: “The Goderich-Exeter Railway (GEXR) presently operates freight service to Goderich. The line was originally built by the Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway in 1859. The railroad was soon taken over by the Grand Trunk
The two images shown here were taken in April of 1976 by Dave Howard, an avid railway photographer who is a fellow member of the Niagara Division of the Canadian Railway Historical Association (CRHA). The image above was taken looking northward across John St. at a small yard on
One of our missions as the Toronto Railway Historical Association and the Toronto Railway Museum to to research, interpret and share the history of railways. There is a railway roundhouse in London, Ontario that was built in the late 1800’s for the Great Western Railway but ceased to be a
We continue our exploration of historic railway images from courtesy of Mike Filey, author of the recently published Toronto Sketches, Volume 11: The remainder of these photographs show various grade crossings during the 1920’s, most of them eventually replaced by grade separated underpasses. The images also depict crossing shanties
Every spring, railway facilities along the banks of rivers can be threatened by the breakup of ice, formation of ice dams and the subsequent overflowing of the river onto its banks. The Don River was no exception. From the Archives of the City of Toronto, we find the photograph above
Click on each image for a closer look! Just northeast of Toronto, in the City of Brampton, a remarkable story has unfolded concerning the restoration of their century old CPR station. After it was closed by the CPR, it had a real roller-coaster ride through history. It would have been
Click on each image for a closer look! One of our ambitions in Roundhouse Park is to establish a telegraph system between the telegrapher’s position in Don Station and another part of the museum. There are local telegraph enthusiasts and collectors who love to demonstrate this ground-breaking (in the 1800’s)
Click on each image for a closer look! Christmas is that time of the year when the railways work very hard to ensure that their passengers arrive safely home to their families to celebrate the holiday. Nowhere is that job more challenging than in Buffalo, New York, only 50 miles