Click on each picture for a closer look! . In 1987, the East Lancashire Railway (a preserved tourist railway) was opened along a stretch of former British Rail line in the north-western county of Lancashire. The line is now 12 miles long and operates between the towns of Heywood and
Click on each image for a closer look! . Work continues on the restoration of the passenger car roofs by Tom Murison and his crew. In the image at the upper left, we find the new (painted red) wooden roof beams installed on the Cape. In the other two images,
Click on each image for a closer look! . On January 5th, 2011, the Royal Canadian Mint announced its first series of gold coins. Here is their announcement of one of these coins ….. . “2011 $100 GOLD COIN – 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF CANADA’S FIRST RAILWAY The first of many
Click on each image for a closer look! . The “Canadian Railroad Trilogy” is a song by Gordon Lightfoot that describes the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Wikipedia article about the song begins as follows: “This song was commissioned by the CBC for a special broadcast on January
Click on each image for a closer look! . A number of our volunteers organized to celebrate by taking advantage of the free fares after 7:00 p.m. on GO Transit on New Year’s Eve. Given the resulting flexibility of hopping on and off at will, members joined the group at
Click on each page for a closer look! . Many of our volunteers have taken a well deserved rest and are away with their friends and family enjoying the holiday season. But some have taken advantage of this week to continue to work on projects at the Roundhouse. . This
Click on each image for a closer look! When people think of railway museums in the UK, they immediately think of the National Railway Museum in York, which is said to be the largest in the world and one of the UK’s most popular tourist attractions. However, what many people
Click on each image for a closer look! . Tom Murison and his team were responsible for the restoration of Cabin D, the Tool Shed, Don Station and the Shanty and currently are working on roof restoration of our passenger cars. They have sent us this poem featuring Christmas and
Click on each picture for a closer look! . 2010 has been a very exciting year for the Toronto Railway Heritage Centre, as anyone is aware who has been following our progress on this website. On December 12th, we were able to thank our dedicated volunteers with a fine party
Click on the image for a closer look! . Derek Boles of the Toronto Railway Historical Association has offered guided tours of Union Station on the last Saturday of every month since March 2006. The only exceptions were when the Saturday fell during Doors Open weekend, in which case there