Click on each picture for a closer look! . On the occasion of today being Remembrance Day, we recognize the CPR’s honouring of those who made magnificent sacrifices for out contry by reprinting a press release from Canadian Pacific Railways as follows: . “November 9, 2009 – Calgary, Alberta and
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Michael Guy, returning to the Roundhouse after a brief illness, reports that “Track laying continued on Sunday with the far eastern mainline switch to the wye now in place and connected. There is still some detail work to complete and a
Click on each image for a closer look! . We open this news posting with a great shot by Michael Guy (Image #1) of the recent testing of our track using a visiting speeder as reported previously. . This past Saturday, James Rasor reports that “We had a good work
Click on each image for a closer look! . Derek Boles, TRHA’s historian, publishes a daily posting on the Toronto Railway Heritage Yahoo Group List. These postings document major events in Canadian history that happened on that day of the year. One of today’s items is as follows: . “November
Click on each image for a closer look! . I recently came across some slides I took of the roundhouse area on July 22, 1993. The roundhouse had been closed for five years at that point. Numerous proposals for turning the site into a railway museum had been put forward,
Click on each picture for a closer look! . While vacationing in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts two weeks ago, I took the opportunity to visit the Western Gateway Heritage Park museum in North Adams. This museum is in a restored railway station right beside a working railway line that
Click on each image for a closer look! . Last Friday, the following press release was issued marking another milestone in the project to renovate Union Station. . “Aecon awarded $196 million contract for Union Station Platform Renewal . TORONTO, Oct. 30 /CNW/ – Aecon Group Inc. (TSX: ARE) announced
Click on each image for a closer look! . NOW Magazine is published weekly as one of the major voices of the Toronto news and entertainment scene. It is distributed free across Toronto every Thursday. They also have a strong online presence here. On their website they prominently feature a
Click on each image for a closer look! . As work finishes on Cabin D and winter closes in, work by Tom Murison and his team on restoration of the exterior of Don Station has accelerated. At the above right, we see his team dismantling the roof around the turret.
Click on each image for a closer look! . Sunday turned out to be a good dry work day, cloudy with some sun later in the day. Work on the TH&B caboose continued, notably removal of the heavy steel ash box adjacent to the wood stove. The last of the