Click on each picture for a closer look! . Once again we had a great turnout this past weekend and our teams continued to focus on the restoration of the TH&B Caboose, the F7 Diesel Cab and the disassembly of a locomotive. . The F7 Cab work included the preparation
Click on each picture for a closer look! . VIA Rail advised us this week that they had five teak railway benches for sale as surplus to their needs. We have acquired two of these benches for the Toronto Railway Heritage Centre. One of these will be used in Don
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Click on each picture for a closer look! . Thomas Blampied first came to our attention when he offered us the use of a picture he took of the TRHA’s Pyke Crane in action. I then became aware of his railway images at photopic.com on the Internet. I was very
Click on each picture for a closer look! . It was certainly nippy out today but inside the three stalls it was a good working temperature, you could barely see your breath! . The TH&B van is still in ‘removals’ stage as we continued to remove more tongue and groove
Click on the video below to watch it!.When the news front is quiet, we occasionally bring your attention to railway-railway related items of interest beyond our own southern Ontario region. Today, we bring you one the finest steam fan videos that we have seen as yet. This ten minute video
Click on each image for a closer look! . In an earlier TRHA News Posting, we spoke very briefly (using one of Derek Bole’s historic notes) about the Canadian Northern Shops (photos of which are shown above) which still exist in Leaside, Ontario. Derek, TRHA’s Historian, now has published a
Click on each picture for a closer look! . The TRHA offers tours of Union Station on the last Saturday of each month at 11 a.m. Cost is $10 each payable on arrival for the tour. Reservations are not necessary and those interested should meet by the Traveler’s Aid counter
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Turning to the miniature railway Train Depot area, Saturday’s work crew addressed the challenge of fitting the turntable bridge. As shown in the pictures, it was all hands on deck in order to carry the miniature railway turntable from stall 16
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Things couldn’t have gone better this Saturday. We had twelve of us working six separate projects at the same time. The task list included: Continued work on the TH&B caboose Continued work on the CPR #7020 diesel switcher Finishing off the