On September 12th, 2014, Ron Pullano, a CRHA Niagara Division member, spotted the locomotive shown above switching at the Oxy Vinyls plant on Thorold Town Line road in the Niagara Region. As a leased locomotive it carried the LTEX reporting marks, where the X designates it as a leased locomotive.
In previous TRHA News posting, we featured a series of images by David Howard of the CRHA’s Niagara Division of CNR #6060 in excursion service. We also featured the inaugural run of #6218 in excursion service in this TRHA News Posting. The CNR in conjunction with local railway societies hosted
Recently I purchased a photo of 6213 that I had never seen before. According to the vendor, the photo was taken in 1944 in Toronto although there isn’t enough detail to indicate where in Toronto. This would make it the earliest photo I’ve seen of the locomotive, taken just two
Many companies and organizations encourage their employees to volunteer in their communities. A month or so ago, Carillion Canada, a construction services company, approached us and proposed that they send a “crew” of employees to help us for a day. Carillion is the contractor currently doing most of the construction
The Niagara Model Railway Show is an annual favourite. The show features model railway vendors, layouts, and museums. I enjoy the show because there are lots of small vendors with a variety of railway related items to enjoy. I also seem to bump into many of my old “railway” friends
Thomas Blampied is a TRHA volunteer, an historian, an avid railfan, an excellent photographer and a author of a number of books on the local railway scene in our area. After more than two years of work, his book about the Ontario Northland – “Call of the Northland – is
Four years ago, during our Annual Doors Open event, we offered visitors the opportunity to operate our historic handcar as reported in this TRHA News posting. Preparing for the recent “nuit blanche” event involved us removing the rubber strips which normally are installed in some of our track for safety
The Toronto Railway Historical Association is presenting a series of three illustrated lectures by Toronto Railway Museum’s 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
In a number of earlier TRHA News Postings, we featured the introduction of the first of the TTC’s new streetcar fleet to Toronto streets. In the 7 minute video above, two senior TTC managers take us on a tour of many of the new fascinating features of these streetcars. Posting
We are pleased to announce that the TRHA has acquired the “F7 Park Diesel” to provide backup to our “mini-whit” miniature railway engine. The F7 has seen service in Roundhouse Park before as it was built and owned until now by Michael Guy. In recent years, it has been used