Click on each image for a closer look! In our TRHA News posting about last weekend’s activities, we said: “While other TRHA volunteers tended to a host of maintenance tasks on the miniature railway, several of our volunteers also moved the two 4,800 lb (each) sandstone “wheel sets” (i.e. 19th
Click on each image for a closer look! We continue to have solid visitor traffic to the park as the main tent structure finally came down earlier this week. In the attached images, we find the last of the tent beams being brought to earth. As this all happened, our
Click on each image for a closer look! Sunday was cool and cloudy at first but it perked up nicely after lunch. The park was very busy with “tent people” dismantling the theatre tent inside a construction fence but it was also very busy with park visitors. By mid-day, lots
Click on each image for a closer look! Fan Expo Canada 2011 made it’s annual appearance this year at the Metro Convention Centre beginning last Friday and running through the weekend. As in past years, fans inevitably found their way to Roundhouse park and used park and its rolling stock
Click on each image for a closer look! On Sunday, we started as usual around noon with the mini-Whitcomb locomotive doing duty pulling passengers but we were operating under threatening skies. We also offered turntable and handcar rides. Our Sweet Creek steam engine made an appearance for a while until
Click on each image for a closer look! This past weekend was our first weekend since the Railway Children production ended and, as expected, the crowds were thinner than in previous weeks. However, we had a fantastic volunteer turnout on Saturday, the best since last spring. Despite the thinner crowds,
Click on each image for a closer look! One of the features of Don Station that we have wanted to replicate for a while now is the “train order signal system” that was used to control train movements beyond the station in either direction. The photos above show the signals
Click on any picture for a closer view! Derek Boles, TRHA’s historian, publishes a daily posting on the Toronto Railway Heritage Yahoo Group List. These postings document major railway oriented events that happened on that day of the year. One of today’s items is as follows: . “August 20, 2007
Click on each image for a closer look! As the Railway Children production closed on Sunday afternoon after the 115th performance, several of our volunteers took the opportunity to capture some photos of the Heritage Train setup on the turntable in Roundhouse Park. At the above left, Michael Guy captures
Click on each image for a closer look! This past weekend, our volunteers continued to operate attractions in Roundhouse Park with many visitors enjoying miniature train rides, hand car rides and tours of the Roundhouse and the Park. Inside the renovation area in the roundhouse, another team of volunteers continued