Click on each image for a closer look! The Toronto Railway Museum (TRM) has a collection of significant full size railway equipment, but for obvious reason’s, our volunteers and visitors can’t take these home with them. One way for many of our volunteers and visitors to re-create our museum pieces
Click on the video to watch the Johnson Silent Drive Compressor in operation! Our volunteers have brought the compressor back to life. In this video, you can watch it in action! Posting by Russ Milland; Video by Michael Guy http://www.trha.ca
Click on each image for a closer look! A new flat-belt drive has been installed on the historic Johnson Silent Drive Compressor which we unearthed in union Station. This would originally have been a leather drive belt but until a source has been located for a new one a modern
Click on each image for a closer look! Our intrepid volunteer archeologists descended into the depths of Union Station which is undergoing major restoration and retrieved this “Johnson Silent Drive Air Compressor” from a basement fan room where a pair of them were used as part of Union Station’s HVAC
Click on each image for a closer look! On Labour day weekend, a crew of TRHA volunteers took the opportunity to move equipment around the park in a well coordinated set of movements. Michael Guy reports as follows: “From 10a.m. (Saturday) we closed up locomotive #1 as planned and began
A great photo-op! Click on each image for a closer look! The Labour Day weekend, the unofficial last weekend of the summer, brought out crowds of visitors to Roundhouse Park. The miniature railway experienced almost 1,400 riders over the three days. This weekend #4803 was moved to a radial track
What a start to a marriage! Click on each image for a closer look! A little belatedly, we are now posting pictures from the very successful “Beer Festival” weekend which Steam Whistle Brewery hosted on the weeknd of August 11th and 12th. It was a very busy weekend despite a
Click on each image for a closer look! Labour Day weekend will mark the end of our scheduled Wednesday, Thursday and Friday miniature railway operations. The museum itself will remain open from Wednesday through Sunday. The miniature railway will operate on weekends for the next few months. As our operations
Click on each image for a closer look! Last weekend, the annual Fan Expo Canada being held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre across the street from us.This event attracts many fans who come out in costume representing their favourite characters in the entertainment realm. Many of these folks drop
Click on each image for a closer look! As operations continue at the Toronto Railway Museum, work has also been proceeding on the restoration of the TH&B Caboose. The bulk of the metal work for the cupola has now been replaced. The roof has also been stripped as well