Click on each image for a closer look! On July 21st after a busy day of running the museum, the Toronto Railway Historical Association hosted a Barbeque for the volunteers who do so much to make the museum happen. We gorged on hotdogs, hamburgers, salads and great desserts. A special
Click on each image for a closer look! While museum operations are in full swing from Wednesday to Sunday, volunteers continue to work on various restoration projects. In these photos, we see that the semaphore signal has partly been restored on the roof of Don Station. We also see restoration
Click on the video to watch it! The Montreal Live Steamers are a private club formed in 1934 for builders of scale steam locomotives. It has grown into a non-profit corporation that owns property in Les Cèdres, Quebec where they have developed tracks in 3½-in, 4¾-in & 7¼-in gauge. Every
Click on each image for a closer look! On Friday June 22, 2012, the John Street Roundhouse was inducted into the North American Railway Hall of Fame at a ceremony held at the Canada Southern Railway Station in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. The ceremony began with introductions by Paul Corriveau (past president, NARHF) and Steve Peters
This annual event is always worth the visit. Here is what they are saying about their event. “Railway Nostalgia Weekend: June 23-24, 2012 The Elgin County Railway Museum and the CASO Station are collaborating to present St. Thomas Railway Nostalgia Weekend from 10am-4pm, June 23rd and 24th, 2012. Re-live the
On Monday, June 18th, Dale Goldhawk once again interviewed Orin Krivel, the President of the Toronto Railway Historical Association, to get an update on the status of the Save the Museum campaign. At the end of the interview, Goldhawk advised that he would be pursuing both the City Councillors and
Click on each image for a closer look! Wrapping up our coverage of the Season Opening weekend of the Toronto Railway Museum, we turn to the Train Show, a traditional feature of this special event. Once again, a number of local model railway groups brought their portable layouts out
Click on each image for a closer look! Continuing our coverage of the Season Opening weekend at the Toronto Railway Museum, we turn to the “great outdoors” in Roundhouse Park. The miniature railway as usual was a great attraction with many hundreds of riders enjoying the experience of a trip
Click on each image for a closer look! Continuing our series on the very successful Season Opening weekend for the Toronto Railway Museum, we turn to Don Station where the station operators area now display a number of artefacts typical of the operations there a few decades ago. The station
Click on each image for a closer look! Another attraction on our opening weekend was Cabin D which now has a great set of interpretive panels documenting the history of Cabin D and its important role in the operation of the busy tracks into and out of Union Station.