Sunday, May 18th – Conventioneers tour the Roundhouse and Union Station!
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Each year, the Canadian Association of Railway Modellers (CARM http://www.caorm.org/) and the Canadian Railway Historical Association (CRHA http://www.exporail.org/ ) host a Canadian National Railway Convention. This year it was held at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. A feature of the event was a bus tour on Sunday, May 18th to the CPR Roundhouse and Union Station led by TRHA historian, Derek Boles.
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In the pictures at the left, we see the conventioneers riding the newly restored turntable. A the right, they are touring the interior of the roundhouse which has now been cleaned up and prepared for restoration to be completed.
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By Michael Guy, TRHA
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Each year, the Canadian Association of Railway Modellers (CARM http://www.caorm.org/) and the Canadian Railway Historical Association (CRHA http://www.exporail.org/ ) host a Canadian National Railway Convention. This year it was held at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. A feature of the event was a bus tour on Sunday, May 18th to the CPR Roundhouse and Union Station led by TRHA historian, Derek Boles.
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In the pictures at the left, we see the conventioneers riding the newly restored turntable. A the right, they are touring the interior of the roundhouse which has now been cleaned up and prepared for restoration to be completed.
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By Michael Guy, TRHA
http://www.trha.ca