…… Click on each picture for a closer look! . The museum’s collection of railway equipment includes Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Caboose #70. Currently it is being stored outside while renovations to the roundhouse are underway. The protective coverings have been temporarily removed allowing us to bring you these pictures
On June 17th 1990, from his vantage point high atop the Gardiner expressway, which was closed for the occasion, photographer Norm Betts recorded the demolition of the two smoke stacks of the Toronto Central Heating plant. This coal-fired plant produced steam to heat much of the downtown core including Union
……… Click on each picture for a closer look! . In the picture at upper left we find (from left to right) Richard, Michael G., Jason P., James and Dave them grouped around our miniature steam locomotive which is of course now relocated to the machine shop in the roundhouse.
We wrap up this series with a list of the passenger train arrivals and departures from Union Station in June of 1868. . ARRIVALS . . DEPARTURES Railway Companies GWR = Great Western Railway (trains terminated at the GWR’s Yonge St. Station) GTR = Grand Trunk Railway NRC = Northern
…… Click on each picture for a closer look! . Today, our steam engine was successfully moved today from our assembly shop space in Markham, Ontario, Canada to our machine shop space at the roundhouse. In the picture at left above, we see the engine and the cab in Dave
…… Click on each picture for a closer look! . Just when you think you have an almost finished steam engine and tender, you are challenged with the need to work up all of the water and steam lines and associated fittings. You quickly discover that this work seems to
Click on the picture for a closer look! . The above illustration shows the site of the 1858 Union Station, now buried under 17 feet of landfill that supports the railway viaduct built for the present Union Station in the 1920s. Although all the railway tracks using Toronto’s first Union
…… Click on each picture for a closer look! . The TRHA offers tours of Union Station on the last Saturday of each month at 11 a.m. Cost is $10 each payable on arrival for the tour. Reservations are not necessary and those interested should meet by the Traveler’s Aid
Click on the picture for a closer look! The two tenant railways at Union Station were apparently not satisfied with the facility. The Northern Railway opened its own terminal just west of Brock Street in 1861. The Great Western Railway moved into its own station at the foot of Yonge
……… Click on each picture for a closer look! . This past weekend at the Roundhouse, there was a productive work session with Lance, Wilson, Jason, Ron, Bob, Richard, and James forming this Saturday’s work team. Lance and Wilson tackled the main challenge this weekend – the clearing and cleaning