Click on each image for a closer look! At noon on October 15, 1851, hundreds of citizens began to gather in front of Toronto City Hall at the corner of Front and Jarvis streets. There were marching bands and gaily decorated floats and everyone was in a state of excitement.
Click on each image for a closer look! On October 4th, 2011, the annual Heritage Toronto Awards were held at the Koerner Concert Hall at the Royal Conservatory of Music. This annual event acknowledges accomplishments in heritage preservation and interpretation. There were hundreds of people there, including almost everyone of
Click on each image for a closer look! Thanksgiving weekend was a very successful weekend in terms of the operation of the miniature railway and our attractions such as our CN Northern #6213 steam engine which resided on the turntable allowing visitors to do walk-arounds close to the engine. But
Click on each image for a closer look! As those of you who have been following our progress remember, the installation of the Roundhouse Theatre tent for this summer’s production of the Railway Children occupied an enormous footprint in Roundhouse Park. This theatrical production shut down on August 14 and
Click on each image for a closer look! The newest series of subway trains for the Toronto Transit Commission have now begun to appear in service on Toronto’s subway system. In these photos, we see that electronic signs are now featured in the trains with the next subway stop specially
Click on the image for a closer look! The photo above was taken by Ryan Ho, one of our TRHA volunteers from an office building just north of the museum. Roundhouse appears much as it does currently with the big tent having been taken away. Contractors can be seen working
Click on each image for a closer look! As with any piece of complex machinery, our turntable occasionally needs repair. We recently removed parts of one of the drive engines and sent them off for repair. In these photos, we find our volunteers using our Pyke crane to re-install some
Click on each image for a closer look! The White Creek Railroad is a private 7.5-inch gauge miniature railway constructed by Russ and Mara Eldred and is located in a rural country setting in Western Michigan on approximately 120 acres of land. The track meanders through densely wooded hills and
Click on each picture for a closer look! Stephen Low is a gifted producer of IMAX films and we have known for some time that his company, The Stephen Low Company, is working on the production of an IMAX film starring CP’s #2816 Royal Hudson steam engine. The film, titled
Click on each image for a closer look! This week a crew of TRHA volunteers are making great progress in resurrecting the old right of way from under its gravel covering where it rested while the Railway Children Production was underway. The original track was in very good shape so