Toronto has a rich history of rail-based passenger transportation systems on its city streets.  The major player has of course been the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). On Easter Sunday the TTC took the opportunity to bring out four generations of streetcars to participate in the Toronto Beaches Lions Easter Parade

Several times a year, the TRHA holds a Town Hall meeting for the staff and volunteers of the Toronto Railway Museum. On the evening of Saturday, April 12th, 2014, twenty-nine of us all enjoyed pizza and salads from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m. Members of the TRHA Executive Team and the

Last Saturday also saw volunteers working on loco #3 which was steamed successfully and taken for a test run. More work needs to be done on #3. We are aiming for a return to full service of the steam locomotive sometime after the Easter weekend.  Below we see photos of

This past weekend, we resumed operation of the miniature railway on weekends, weather permitting.   We believe that this is the earliest start to our season ever.   Here we see a number of photos of the miniature railway in operation. Posting by Russ Milland; Photos by Zach Roberts Click on

In a previous TRHA News posting last year, we featured Barry Silverthorn’s Geddes Street Depot, a brand new home built by Barry in Belleville, Ontario to reflect the designs of historic railway stations. In this News posting, we feature another newly completed home in Fort Erie, Ontario built by Michael

As we approach a time when we will be “resurfacing” the exteriors of the Cape Race and the Jackman passenger cars, we have been exploring alternatives to painting the cars.  One alternative is to apply a plastic wrap technology similar to those used to apply advertising on TTC streetcars and

We have featured historic photos by Dave Howard of the Canadian Railway Historical Association’s Niagara Division before in our TRHA News Posts (click here to see them).  Here is another contribution from the end of the steam era when the railways still ran a special steam excursions for railfans.  Here

Saturday proved to be a busy day as, in addition to the ongoing Cape Race restoration work, a crew of volunteers undertook to move a number of our locomotives and rolling stock into new positions in Roundhouse Park in anticipation of the upcoming operating season. As you can see in

It depends on what you define a railway to be.  If it has rails and use flanged wheels, the Tanfield Railway may just be the answer.  Their website says: “When the Tanfield Railway – or wagon way as it was known at the time – was built in 1725, it

In the dark days of winter, snowplows damaged the lead track to our miniature railway depot.  This past weekend, a crew of volunteers spent a day rebuilding the track.  In the process, they also installed a new switch which will lead to a new storage track. Posting by Russ Milland;