Much has been published recently about drone technology and the imminent explosion of their use for commercial freight traffic in the air in the next few years. Drone technology in the form of radio controlled “quadcopters” is even available to amateurs for an investment of a couple of thousand dollars.
On Saturday, January 18th, the TRHA held its annual post-Christmas party to celebrate our progress and success in 2013. 65 guests turned out for the evening and relaxed in both the Nova Scotia and the Cape Race as we relaxed in the “TRHA Hot Stove Lounge” where we lounged on
Our volunteers continue to be very busy on weekends both operating the museum but also in tackling the many tasks involved with our restoration efforts. Here are summary reports on the efforts undertaken on this particular weekend. Saturday, January 11th, 2014 Around 11:00 a.m. this morning, we began to free
Being a passionate enthusiast for small scale narrow gauge railways, my favourite such railways in England are the Ffestiniog and the Welsh Highland Railways in Wales. Michael Guy brings to our attention to two YouTube 4 minute videos below which provide eye-catching experiences showing fast-tracked versions of normally slow 15mph trips
Canadian snowbirds love to spend as much of the winter as they can in Florida. The state of Florida has a fascinating railway history but there are very few railway museums which capture that history. A brief history of Florida railways can be found by clicking here and in more
As we wrap up this series of News postings about our search for the Newfie Bullet, a few closing comments are in order. The Newfoundland railway system was born in 1881 and died in 1988, aged 107! It was built as a private venture by the Reid Newfoundland Company and
Continuing our visit to the Coastal Railway Museum in St. John’s, we bring you some photos of the train sets on display outside the museum. They consist of yet another diesel, a pair of passenger cars in the classic green and gold CN colours and a speeder with a trailer.
Our return to St. John’s, the capital of Newfoundland, brought us to the end of our three week trip to the province. St. John’s is the home of the Railway Coastal Museum which is housed in a magnificent stone railway station appropriate to the capital of the province. It is
As our trip was coming to an end, we came across two further remnants of the Newfoundland Railway. Newfoundland’s history includes a long period where wealthy merchants in the capital, St. John’s, pretty much controlled the lives of the fishermen in the outports by providing them credit to buy supplies
After visiting St. Anthony and the L’Anse Aux Meadows Viking settlement site on the Northern Peninsula. we traveled back across the province, stopping at Grand Falls-Windsor. It was a brief stop as my sole objective was to visit the only other preserved steam locomotive on the island. It was on