Our restoration team continue to work on the CNR Caboose restoration as shown in the photos below. The goal is to restore the exterior of the caboose but to outfit the interior as an event or display space since the interior had been gutted by the previous owners. We also
The Urban Toronto website describes itself as follows: “UrbanToronto is Toronto’s premier website focused on condos, architecture, urban development and real estate. The site has the largest and most active community of its kind, populated by the tastemakers, condo aficionados, buyers, builders and realtors. Well-known and respect by industry members
Archives Canada has posted the video below on YouTube. It is 10 minutes long and has no sound track. It includes images of Toronto Transit Commission traffic at Broadview and Danforth, Sunnyside, the Danforth Division, Canadian National Exhibition entrances, the Bay Street terminal, the island ferry service, and the North Toronto
Above is a video produced by the track’s owner, John Boots, of the winter meet at the Big Boots & Western Railway which Michael Guy reported on earlier this month. Michael Guy further reports: “It goes dark here at 7 pm! Although no alligators have been seen it is reported
We have in past TRHA News Postings tracked the progress of the development of this major new attraction in the Toronto area. The developers of the exhibit are now inviting us to visit their workshops (on Brittania Road near the 401 in Mississauga) and see the models that have been
In Part 1 of this series of postings, we introduced the Florida Live Steamers and the Manatee Central Lines and included images from the first day of their winter meet. Here, Michael Guy shares some images from the last day of their meet. Click here to return to Part 1
Each winter, the Florida Live Steamers, an organization which encompasses a number of miniature railways in Florida, hold a series of winter meets at these tracks. This Manatee Central Rail Lines, located near Parrish, Florida on the gulf coast is hosting their winter meet from February 19th to 25th this
One of our favourite news stories that we cover regular is the ongoing progress of the Age of Steam Roundhouse Project in Ohio, not all that far from us here in Toronto. Below you will find a few of the images on their Winter of 2014-2015 Newsletter. To read
The Copetown Model Railway Show on February 8th, 2015 was a great success despite inclement weather which kept visitor traffic down somewhat. But hundreds of visitors still turned out. The organizers shrewdly placed us in a row of exhibits featuring the TH&B Historical Society, the Toronto Railway Museum, the Freeman
The annual Barrie-Allandale Model Train Show is one of the largest model train shows in Southern Ontario. It is hosted by the Barrie-Allandale Railway Modelers Association. The 45th annual show will be held in Barrie in the Bradford Greenhouses’s Garden Gallery on February 14th (10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) and Sunday, February 15th