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
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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
The Agawa Canyon is a shallow canyon located deep in the sparsely populated Algoma District in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created 1.2 billion years ago by faulting along the Canadian Shield and then enlarged by the erosive action of the Agawa River. The Agawa Canyon Wilderness Park
Recently, a CN passenger car was rebuilt to serve as a library in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The goal was to improve low literacy rates in the north end of the “Keith” neighbourhood “Every child deserves an even chance to be educated,” said local builder Jeff Paikin, son of the library’s
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
Pictured here are two of the three authentic train ticket punches which were recently donated to us by Lance Gleich, a TRHA volunteer and a member of our Advisory Board. We are putting them to good use on our miniature railway to punch our passenger’s tickets just as they were
After 28 years parked and cold the first diesel switcher the CPR brought to Toronto has been brought back to life a week before the 70th anniversary of its arrival in Toronto. For the past few months, Chris Fox, a specialist in diesel-electric locomotives, assisted by Michael Guy have spent many,
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