Click on the video to make it play!.One of the highlights at Doors Open 2008 was the first public operation of the newly restored 120 foot turntable at the John St. Roundhouse. Restoration of the turntable was a crucial early step in the development of the roundhouse property as it
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . Once again, passenger train service returns to the CPR Roundhouse. Using our 300 foot portable track for our miniature railway, we offered rides to visitors and carried over 2,300 passengers over the weekend. . The steam engines were provided
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . Each year, a number of different groups and individuals bring their portable model railways and other exhibits to the Roundhouse to become part of our annual tradition of hosting a model train show as part of our Doors Open
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . Doors Open 2008 at Union Station was another resounding success. There were six tours of the station on Saturday that attracted 313 people and six on Sunday with 251 people for a total of 564. In the picture at the
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Each year, the Canadian Association of Railway Modellers (CARM http://www.caorm.org/) and the Canadian Railway Historical Association (CRHA http://www.exporail.org/ ) host a Canadian National Railway Convention. This year it was held at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. A feature of the event
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . . As the Victoria Day weekend approached we were busy preparing for a bus tour from the convention to the Roundhouse and Union Station. In the picture at the above left, we see our CLC 50 ton Whitcomb handsomely
TRHA Doors Open Train Show at the CPR Roundhouse As you may be aware, things are finally proceeding at a greatly accelerated pace to develop Roundhouse Park and the CPR Roundhouse facility into the Toronto Railway Heritage Centre, a new museum at the foot of the CN Tower. Again this
Click on each picture for a closer look! . .Renovation work on the roundhouse has been proceeding apace recently. In photo one to the left we see the stall 23 side of the western-most brick firewall in it’s original but newly cleaned state. Photo two in the middle shows work
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . Things were a bit quiet this last weekend with it being the weekend of Mother’s Day and of Derek Boles Annual Railway Lands walk. Bob D. dropped by with a muffin for Dave W. as Bob went on to
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . . Yesterday, the Toronto Railway Heritage Centre equipment restoration workshop was in action with crews working on two projects, completion of the new paint scheme on locomotive #1 and the construction of a new track maintenance cargo lorry. Photo