…… Click on each picture for a closer look! . In the picture at the left of the 1873 Union Station, we see its prominent clock tower. The clock in that tower was removed in 1927 after the present Union Station opened. What is truly amazing is the fact that

…… Click on each picture for a closer look! . As we see in the photo at the upper left, work continued on building four new doors for two stalls of the roundhouse. The old doors had been modified in the past with upper sections of corrugated fibreglass and didn’t

…… Click on each picture for a closer look! . This past weekend, Dave, Arno and Michael G. split their time between the roundhouse work (partly reported in the prior news item) and the shop where we are assembling the steam locomotive. . In the left hand photo above, we

…… Click on each picture for a closer look! . One of the major artefacts remaining in the machine shop area of the roundhouse is a large engine lathe as show in the pictures above located near the west windows of the shop. The “Wisegeek” website begins to answer the

….. Click on each picture for a closer view! . The view shown in the picture at the left above through the door from the machine shop to stall 25 will disappear very shortly when the opening is bricked up. In the middle picture, we see the steel reinforcing mesh

Click on the picture for a closer look! The image above is a rendering of the Roundhouse Park area showing what it will look like some time around 2010. The striking view from the Roundhouse depicted in the previous image will not be available much longer once the buildings on

… … Click on each picture for a closer look! . Steady progress continues to be made at the roundhouse site. In the photo at left, we find that the turntable protective fence foundation concrete is complete. Once completed, the fence will protect visitors from tumbling into the turntable pit.

Click on the picture for a closer look! The above image dramatically illustrates the Roundhouse’s proximity to downtown Toronto and was taken on November 2, 2007. TRHC locomotive No. 1, seen on the right, is framed by Toronto’s largest skyscrapers, including the light coloured BMO First Canadian Place, the tallest

Click on the picture for a closer look! The image above is a colour postcard view that dates from around 1930-31 and is based on a photograph taken from the same location as the previous view. There are dramatic changes evident in just a year. The new Royal York Hotel

Click on the picture for a closer look! . In this picture, we see the new floor before final finishing in stalls 18-23. Here you see concrete poured on top of plastic sheeting to prevent adhesion to the old roundhouse floor and tracks. . Story by Michael Guy; Picture by