Since they mostly work with us during the week and usually not during the weekends when most of our volunteers turn out to help, a group of museum studies students (about a dozen in number) from the University of Toronto have been applying their new found knowledge to the needs

Occasional we report here on an interesting or unusual railway themed news topic … here is just such an item form the web: “A train made entirely of chocolate has set a new Guinness World Record as the longest chocolate structure in the world. The sculpture, on display at the

On Saturday, three volunteers assisted Bob, our museum manager, in operating the museum as visitor traffic begins to build as spring nears. On the restoration front, a team of 6 TRHA volunteers  finished the rear roofwalk, completed a variety of outstanding painting tasks, installed more windows, prepared for painting inside

Anyone with an interest in British railways, or even railways in general, will likely be familiar with the National Railway Museum (NRM) in York.  Reported to be the largest railway museum in the world, the NRM is also one of the most popular tourist attractions in the north of England. 

Bill Kaufman developed our U33C Simulator (in his back yard in a garage over 19 years) and has graciously helped us further develop and maintain it despite living in upstate New York. Bill is also a federally licensed engineer who volunteers on the Adirondack Scenic Railway so is well versed

In the picture below we see the air pressure gauge and the air pressure control valve in the TH&B Caboose.   This equipment provided the conductor in the caboose control over the brake pressure in the train’s brake system. They have been stripped, serviced and reinstalled in the caboose. We

Restoration work on the TH&B caboose continued with significant progress to report from this Saturday’s work session.  The window work is satisfyingly close to completion, with just some painting and mounting to go.  Black trim paint was applied on the right side and to the cupola, followed by a second

Progress continued this past weekend on the restoration of the windows and window frames and the roof walk on the TH&B caboose.   Also shown below is progress on the building of a G-Scale railway bridge as a vehicle for displaying miniature train models. Warm weather in Roundhouse Park followed

We announced in a recent TRHA News post that the Waterloo Central Railway would be operating steam excursions on February 16th and 17th. Walter Pfefferle of Beachville, Ontario has posted this very nice video of the action!  Visit Walter’s website for more photos! Click on video above to watch it!

While Roundhouse Park continues to slumber through a snowy winter, our volunteers continue to work weekends to further the restoration of the TH&B caboose. All windows frames are now fabricated (and partially painted) for the outside and inside of the caboose. Work on the plywood lining of the cupola has