Click on the image for a closer look! In the image above (from the Furness Railway trust website), we see a sister carriage to the #3. This is Great Eastern Railway Royal Saloon #5, which was recently restored by the Furness Railway Trust which is based in the northwest part
Click on each video to watch it! These two videos by Stephen Gardiner nicely capture the unveiling of “Victoria”, the London & South Western Railway No. 563, a T3 Class 4-4-0 built in 1893, at the April 7th press event for the Railway Children production at Roundhouse Park. As well
Click on each image for a closer look! . Yesterday’s press event was a great success thanks to a mix of TRHA volunteers and theatre crews working together. The theatre crew rigged up smoke generators inside the doors of stall 15 and in the smokebox of #563. They also had
Click on each image for a closer look! Today, Thursday April 7, 2011 at 10:30am, London & South Western Railway T3 4-4-0 No.563 will be unveiled to the press as the star of the Toronto production of The Railway Children which opens on May 3rd at Roundhouse Theatre. The public
Click on each image for a closer look! . As reported earlier, much of the work this past weekend involved the testing of the new miniature railway route with the diversionary track having been completed. However a number of our volunteers were also working on other tasks such as: Painting
.As reported in an earlier report by Derek Boles, the miniature railway diversion track has now been completed and tested. In this posting we show two videos of the testing. The video above shows our Miniature Whitcomb engine successfully pulling a train around the new “oval” track. In the video
Click on each image for a closer look! . London & South Western Railway Adams T3 4-4-0 #563 to star in the Railway Children production . Following on our previous news posting which provided some background on the history of the London & South Western Railway, we want to provide
Click on each image for a closer look! One of the most frequent concerns expressed to the Toronto Railway Heritage Centre about the Railway Children production is the impact that it’s going to have on the Roundhouse Park Miniature Railway. A giant tent now sits on the north end of
Click on each image for a closer look!.Introducing the Great Eastern Railway.The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was formed in 1862 from the grouping of numerous small railways serving the eastern part of England. As with the London & South Western Railway, the GER survived to the “Grouping”, when it became
Click on each image for a closer look!.As discussed in earlier TRHA news postings, The Toronto Railway Heritage Centre and Roundhouse Park will be hosting the North American Premier of the acclaimed UK Musical “The Railway Children” starting in May this year. Two of the Stars of the show are