Click on the image for a closer look! . Derek Boles, TRHA’s historian, publishes a daily posting on the Toronto Railway Heritage Yahoo Group List. These postings document major railway oriented events that happened on that day of the year. One of today’s items is as follows: . “June 26,
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Many of us remember the wonderful sound of steam engine whistles as we were growing up. As diesel locomotives began to replace steam on most railroads, it was realized that the new locomotives were unable to efficiently utilize the steam whistles
Click on each article for a closer look! . The Kichener-Waterloo Record newspaper reported in an article titled “Staying on the Rails” on February 5th, 2010 that the City of Stratford, Ontario would on February 9th take possession of a 17-acre site which house the remains of the immense Stratford
Click on each image for a closer look! . Derek Boles, TRHA’s historian, publishes a daily posting on the Toronto Railway Heritage Yahoo Group List. These postings document major railway oriented events that happened on that day of the year. One of today’s items is as follows: “February 2, 1927:
Click on each picture for a closer look! . We have featured the famed CNR 4-8-4 Northerns in a number of our news postings as many were produced and many have been preserved across Canada. Our #6213 is, of course, one of these. Less well known are the CPR Northerns.
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
Click on each picture for a closer look! A Brief History of the Railfan Hobby in Canada – Part 5 of 5 by Derek Boles In 1972, Canadian Railroad Historical Association members based in Toronto re-established a local chapter known as the Toronto & York Division. The division opened the
Click on each picture for a closer look! A Brief History of the Railfan Hobby in Canada – Part 4 of 5 by Derek Boles At least two Canadian Railroad Historical Association chapters in Ontario split off from the national organization and formed their own organizations. In 1941, the Toronto
Click on each picture for a closer look! A Brief History of the Railfan Hobby in Canada – Part 3 of 5 by Derek Boles The oldest national railfan group in North America is the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, created in 1921. The organization began publishing a semi-annual periodical,