Heather Meger, one of our TRHA volunteers, reports as follows on her family’s visit to Roundhouse Park on Sunday, July 21st: “I can vouch that it was a lovely day for a visit! I had my nephews down for the day from Barrie (hooray for the weekend GO trains!) and

Here we continue to bring you the action at the Montreal Live Steamers Annual International Meet in Les Cedres, Quebec on the July 1st long weekend.  The top three photos below show their welcoming poster which describes their facility and outlines their safety rules.  The last two photos are of

The Montreal Live Steamers are a miniature railway club who have built and operate a track in the small town of Les Cedres, Quebec near the Ontario/Quebec Border on the St. Lawrence river. They have traditionally held an International Meet over the July 1st Canada Day weekend.  I had the

One of our practices at the Museum is to rotate different pieces of equipment onto the turntable for display periodically.  This provides visitors with the opportunity to capture photographic images of the the equipment from excellent vantage points around the turntable. Stephen Gardiner recently took the opportunity to capture what

Over 1 billion Facebook users exist in this world of 7 billion people. The Toronto Railway Historical Association has a presence on Facebook as well with 477 people “liking us” and following us there. In addition to posting announcements and links to our TRHA News items, others are posting items

In late June, Roundhouse Park was the focus for the Scion City Chase, a cross Canada event which has individuals and teams pitting themselves against a series of challenges as they navigate their way around the City. The event raises significant money for the “Right to Play” charity. The 2

Roundhouse Park attracts all sorts of organized groups from Steam Punkers to weddings. Last week, the International Barbershop Convention was in Toronto and performed a  concert in Roundhouse Park using our very photogenic GP-7 #4803 as a Conductors Stand and backdrop. Posting by Russ Milland; Photos by Stephen Gardiner Click

With the restoration of the TH&B Caboose almost complete, our restoration volunteers have turned their attention to the Cape Race.  Our crew has been hard at work cleaning out this passenger car in preparation for restoration. As mentioned in a prior post, our immediate priority is to finish re-surfacing the

Recently Steam Whistle Brewing generously donated the baggage cart that has been featured in their public space for many years.  As we found the lettering “Can Nat 780” on it, we believe that it once belonged to the CNR. Since its arrival, volunteers from Leon’s at the Roundhouse, who share

As everyone is no doubt aware, the machine shop has been undergoing dis-assembly for some time now.  Here are some photos taken during the process.   Click on each image for a closer look! Excavating the south-west corner of Roundhouse Park Drilling large holes behind Leon’s Starting disassembly of the machine