Click on the picture for a closer look! Western Mechanical has chosen to use one of their gantry cranes to lift and move the turntable bridge into position in the turntable pit. In the picture at the left above the northernmmost track for the crane has been positioned as of
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Click on each picture for a closer look! . As the Toronto Railway Heritage Centre moves towards reality, TRHA is guiding the process of restoration of several wooden buildings that formed part of the railway heritage of the City of Toronto. One such building is signal cabin “D” which is
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . On Friday, engineers from Western Mechanical attached the south-end wheels and air motor to the turntable bridge. In the left hand pciture above, we see the motor on its frame cantilevered out from the frame carrying the wheel bearings.
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . . Today the re-cut timbers were returned from the mill and PNR resumed work on the deck installation. The deck is white oak made seven inches thick to bring the walking surface up to rail-head level. Deck completion is
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . This afternoon, the turntable wheels and one air motor arrived at the roundhouse from Western Mechanicals Barrie workshops. By days end, one end of the installation was complete. The remaining wheels and motor will be installed over the next two
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . Last Sunday was spent inside the roundhouse moving artefacts from stall 32 into the machine shop and dismantling about two-thirds of the large wooden racking in stall 31. Orin K., Andrew J.and myself did much of this work with
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . . . At 10:30 this morning both air drive motors were tested in the Western Mechanical shops in Barrie. The motors were extensively rebuilt and functioned flawlessly. They have amazing torque. An artificial load simulating the bridge and locomotive
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . . The standards adhered to for the turntable restoration thus far have been very high. TRHA and Western Mechanical have both worked hard to make it so. Today the decking timbers were found to have been milled outside the
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . The busy week began last Sunday with a large TRHA work crew turning out. From left to right in the picture at the above left, we have Jason P., Michael G., Knox H., Orin K., Dave W., Derek B.,
Click on each picture for a closer look! . . . The centre picture is one of the best pictures in the City of Toronto archives of the John Street CPR Roundhouse near the end of its operating life. A few days ago, Michael Guy took the picture at the