Michael Guy is currently away on his annual expedition to Florida where he makes weekend visits to local miniature railways with his small electric locomotive.  This past weekend he visited the Big Boots and Western Railway which features over 3 miles of track configured as shown in the track plan

Today we feature a field trip report from Dan Cheer, one of our volunteers who wisely went south for the winter, all the way home to New Zealand. He reports as follows: “Having missed out on the annual Roundhouse party, we decided to get our dose of train talk by

The Canadian Association of Railway Modellers (CARM) was formed in October of 2003 to: to inspire. to foster fellowship among railway modellers throughout Canada. to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and skills between railway modellers. to promote the hobby of railway modelling in Canada. to be inclusive of all

Marilyn Cornwell is a long time friend of mine, who on retirement decide to pursue photography as a hobby to complement  her passion for flower gardening.  She primarily photographs gardens and the patterns of surfaces in the world around us.  Luckily for us, her husband is an avid railway enthusiast

The Saturday of this weekend was an especially busy one in Roundhouse Park as Steam Whistle Brewing hosted its annual Winter Craft Beer Festival with large crowds attending the sold out event. Inside the Roundhouse, work continued on the restoration of the newly acquired CN Caboose. The day concluded with

The West Toronto schedule boards outside the rear entrance to the museum, December 2014. (Continued from Part 1) The information on the two boards dates from the summer of 1971. Years earlier, the boards would have been filled with numerous trains, but by this time there were only four trains

The West Toronto schedule boards outside the rear entrance to the museum, December 2014. Recently the Toronto Railway Museum acquired several significant artifacts to add to our growing collection. These include the Canadian Pacific Railway West Toronto schedule boards that hung on the side of the station until 1971. Wooden

With the annual TRHA Reception and Dinner behind us, a crew of volunteers cleaned up the “TRHA dining hall” and restored it to a restoration workshop.  Then another team moved the Cape Race out of the roundhouse and brought the recently acquired CN wooden caboose inside for further restoration. The

TRHA Lecture at the Roundhouse The Toronto Railway Historical Association has been presenting a series of three illustrated lectures by Toronto Railway Museum historian Derek Boles. Each of these fast-moving presentations is illustrated with hundreds of photographs, original animations, maps, diagrams, railway documents, advertising and other ephemera collected over the

We conclude this three part series of postings with some photos of the fine dinner catered by Whose Catering.  Whose Catering has toured the world six times with the Stones! The menu was extensive: Hors D’Oeuvres Spring Rolls With Sweet Chili Dip Spanokopikta Mushroom Leek Tarts Beef Wellingtons Thunder Beach