If Ferrari designed trains, what would they look like? Ferrari designer Ken Okuyama, in collaboration with Japan Railways East, is developing a super luxury train set. To learn more, click here. Click on each image for a closer look! http://www.trha.ca
Now that Cape Race has moved out of the Roundhouse, where is everything today? As the photos show below: Cape Race & Whitcomb #1 are on the turntable CP #7020 is in the Roundhouse for some initial restoration work CNR #6213 is also in the Roundhouse for maintenance work TH&B
David Howard of CRHA Niagara Division shares some historic images from 26 years ago: “About 25 years ago in the Spring of 1988, I spent an hour or two on the Sunnyside Pedestrian Bridge photographing the railway action on the busy Oakville Subdivision West of Union station in Toronto, Ontario,
The Toronto Railway Historical Association is presenting a series of three illustrated lectures by Toronto Railway Museum historian Derek Boles. Each of these fast-moving presentations is illustrated with hundreds of photographs, original animations, maps, diagrams, railway documents, advertising and other ephemera collected over the years by Mr. Boles and combined
Now that Cape Race is parked outside resplendent in its new paint, our volunteers could not resist getting some night photos. Posting by Russ Milland; Photos by Michael Guy and Lance Gleich Click on each image for a closer look! Photo by Michael Guy Photo by Lance Gleich http://www.trha.ca
With the operating season for the miniature railway coming to an end as winter approaches, our Sweet Creek steam locomotive is now scheduled for a major inspection which occurs every five years. In the photos below, we find the locomotive being disassembled by a group of volunteers. Posting by Russ
The painting of Cape Race has now been completed. On Monday, November 10th, 2014, our Whitcomb diesel switcher (see video above) pulled it out onto the turntable. The roof has yet to be washed down to rid it of sanding dust but it still looks magnificent. We congratulate all of
In a recent TRHA News posting, we updated you on our project to repaint Cape Race. In this posting we provide additional photos of the progress on the painting. Posting by Russ Milland; Photos by Stephen Gardiner Click on each image for a closer look! http://www.trha.ca
For the last six or seven weeks, I’ve been restoring the rusty hardware attached to the lower third of Cape Race. Nine areas of concern were attacked: three ice boxes, two battery boxes, two vestibule traps and two stairs. With the use of three welders, two grinders, ten pounds of
The primary reason that the Museum is closed until November 12th is to allow for the repainting of the exterior of Cape Race. While much of our restoration work is done at a more placid pace by our enthusiastic community of volunteers, we do contract some work when we either