Click on each picture for a closer look! , , . . Last week, work proceeded on the removal of unneeded work platforms in the roundhouse. In the picture at left, we see the new museum locomotive work platform with the CLC Whitcomb awaiting servicing. The centre picture shows stalls
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . The date is January 23rd 1995. Skydome is up and running. The Metro Toronto Convention Centre is yet to be built. Bremner Boulevard does not yet fully exist and it is moving day for the John St Roundhouse coaling
Click on each photo for a closer look! . . . Today a TRHA rigging crew salvaged a compressed-air powered cable hoist from high above stall 21 for future use in the museum. Previously used by the CPR for diesel locomotive maintenance, the hoist was mounted on an “L” shaped
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . . . . . Today, Dave W and I spent close to six hours at the roundhouse removing the remaining pit covers, steel work platforms and the bridge rails for stall 28 from the large wheel drop pit. The
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . Today a TRHA crew braved -26C wind chill to start maintenance on the CLC-W locomotive’s rear engine. Inside the roundhouse, with the sun shining through the south windows, the temperature was pleasant and high enough that we could work
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . Today, a TRHA crew, assisted by a PNR track crew, moved four vehicles from the roundhouse via the turntable on to temporary storage tracks in Roundhouse Park. A length of “snap track” was moved from stall to stall to
On a recent trip to Poland to take advantage of the opportunity to drive some of the few remaining steam engines still in daily service, Michael Guy of the TRHA acquired a diesel air horn which he recently installed on our CLC Whitcomb which had been missing its horn. Click
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Last Friday, PNR Rail Services continued to lay track albeit with a couple of hitches in the program. First the big loader blew a tire necessitating a visit by a large crane-equipped tire repair vehicle after which everything was fine until
Click on each picture for a closer view! . . . The TRHA need to move some of our collection of engines and rolling stock to new tracks being installed by PNR Rail Services in Roundhouse Park using the turntable. This will allow restoration of the interior of the roundhouse
.Click on the button in the centre of the picture above to watch our CLC Whitcomb in action moving the Baldwin switcher to its new location as we begin the process mentioned in our last news post of moving the rolling stock collection to temporary locations to allow the restoration