Due to necessary budget cuts by the Owen Sound City Council, the Board of the Rail-Marine Museum in Owen Sound chose to close the museum a year or so ago. A group of volunteers subsequently worked hard to turn the Museum into a non-profit organization. On Saturday, June 27th, 2014,
The Ontario Southland Railway is a branch line operating in Southern Ontario. At their website, they describe themselves as follows: “Ontario Southland Railway is a 100 % Canadian owned short line railway company incorporated in 1992 to provide a number of transportation services to meet customer needs. On December 14th,
Continuing my postings on my field trip to the first day of full staffing for the summer season, I also captured the following images: The museum entrance area has been reorganized by our volunteers to be much less cluttered and much more appealing. Smaller artefacts on display are now flanked
Continuing my postings on my field trip to our Museum on the first day of full staffing for the summer season, I captured the following images: Our steam engine #6213, separated from its tender, was parked on the turntable. Later this year, it is destined to be moved into our
June 25th this year is one of our milestone days in this season as it marks the first day of our first full week of museum operations. Our full staff of eight people are now operating the miniature railway and the museum 5 days a week until Labour Day weekend.
We end this series of postings with a look at a one minute home video (see above) of Walt Disney working and playing on his backyard miniature railway. Below, you will find a cover of a coffee-table sized book about Walt Disney and his involvement with railways and the development
The Carolwood Pacific HistoricalSociety is dedicated to preserving the personal railroad legacy of Walt Disney. They are supported by the Carolwood Foundation. At their website, they sum up Walt’s passion for railways as follows: “Walt Disney always loved trains and he was one of America’s greatest railfans. Through his own
Walt Disney was a very serious miniature railway enthusiast and was very active in the hobby, especially live steam railroading well before he developed and built Disneyland. He had a circle of close friends who were into live steam, many of whom also worked at the Disney studios. Disney built,
Image from TTC’s Website On Wednesday, June 11th, the TTC held a sneak preview ride for members of the news media and specially-invited guests aboard new Bombardier “Flexity Outlook” No. 4401. Among the guests were TRHA’s Richard White and me . About 75 people rode No. 4401 on a short
The Komoka Railway Museum is also the home of a miniature railway. Unlike our ground level 7 1/4″ gauge railway, this railway is 3 1/2″ and 4 3/4″ (dual) gauge and is on a raised steel structure as you can see in the photos below and the video above. Ed