Click on each picture for a closer look! . Many years ago, the old iron bridge at West Toronto (also called the Junction) was an excellent spot to view and photograph trains working around the diamond. In these four pictures taken from that bridge, we find CP switchers doing what
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Recently, Riverdale Historical Society President Gerald Whyte advised me that there was an interesting item in an old magazine in the Baldwin Room at the Toronto Reference Library. It was a 1906 ad in a glossy magazine supplement to the Mail
Click on the picture for a closer look! . In keeping with our TRHA mandate to research, interpret and communicate the rich railway history in the Toronto area, today we turn to reporting on one of several significant Canada Day historical events as reported today in the Toronto Railway Heritage
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Derek Boles in his daily bulletin on the Toronto Railway Heritage Yahoo Group wrote today: “June 1, 1934: On this day in 1934, The Canadian National Roundhouse at Leaside is closed when maintenance equipment is moved to Stratford, Ontario. Originally built
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Today, Derek Boles, our TRHA historian posted the following on the Toronto Railway Heritage Yahoo Group today as one of several items of historical interest on this day of the year: “May 17, 1975: The Toronto & York Division of the
. Click on each image for a closer look! . To the North and West of Roundhouse Park is an interesting new linear park development called the West Toronto Railpath. Railpath is a partnership of the Evergreen and the Community Bicycle Network who have joined forces with the City of
…… The photos of CNR Northern 4-8-4 #6218, a sister locomotive to our #6213 above were taken by John Vincent back in the 1960’s. In the picture at left we find #6218 in repose in January of 1966 in the CNR roundhouse just west of our CPR roundhouse. The other
This is the sixth in a series of ten posts from an article prepared by Derek Boles, our TRHA historian on the occasion of the 35th Anniversary of the Groundbreaking TV “National Dream” Series – Russ Milland Filming began in the spring of 1973. In typical Hollywood fashion, one of
… … Click on each picture for a closer look! . The four pictures above all show the Central Heating Plant (CHP). The top two pictures are from 1929. The picture in the lower left is from 1931. The right hand picture was taken in the 1950’s. . In October
Click on the Picture for a Closer Look! Photo by Sean Lamb from the Wikipaedia Public Commons as found here. . Our decision to purchase a model of a narrow gauge 2-6-0 Mogul steam locomotive for our miniature railway in Roundhouse Park has encouraged Derek Boles, our Historian on the