Click on each picture for a closer look. . . . The project to restore three of our historic Toronto railway structures – the John Street Crossing Keepers House, Cabin D and the Cabin D Tool Shed (now stored in and behind the roundhouse) – has now begun. In preparation
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Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . . . Last week, work also began on the concrete supports for the wooden posts that hold the roundhouse locomotive doors open. . By Michael Guy, TRHA http://www.trha.ca
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . . Contractors continue to work on the restoration of the interior of the roundhouse. Here are some pictures of work being undertaken last week. . In the picture at left, scaffolding was erected on Thursday to allow remedial work
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . The miniature railway planned for Roundhouse Park will require many wooden ties once we assemble the track. On Saturday, a nine-man TRHA team set up two workstations and in three hours cut over 1,700 new ties. . The picture
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . On Wednesday this week, a team of TRHA volunteers undertook to clear a big chunk of the roundhouse machine shop floor space. Mostly this consisted of using a forklift to move skid loads of “Heritage Bricks”, saved from the demolished
Click on each picture for a closer look! . Over the past few weekends, we have been training a number of our volunteers to operate the turntable as is shown in these two photos. . As the TRHC moves closer to opening there will be training opportunities in additional areas
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . . . This week Dave, Wilson, James R., Lance, Ron and Arno joined the Saturday work team. As a result of their collective efforts – the lorry is finally done and on its wheels, we have electric light in
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . A major challenge for the TRHA in the development of Roundhouse Park was the design and development of a railway crossing to allow two tracks to cross. What was unusual in our case was the fact that one of the
Click on the picture for a closer look! . TRHA is pleased to thank our Toronto Railway Heritage Centre neighbours, Cam and Greg at Steam Whistle Brewing, for the generous donation of a Bio-Diesel fill-up for our workhorse locomotive, the CLC-built Whitcomb industrial switcher . by Michael Guy, TRHA http://www.trha.ca
Click on the picture for a closer look! . Today, with the wood repairs complete and the steel guide shoe bolted back in place, a TRHA crew replaced the boxcar door. Dave is touching up some screw heads with red primer. The entire Fowler boxcar will eventually undergo a complete