The above image can be found by clicking here on the Internet at the “Shorpy” website which features lots of high resolution historic photos, many of which are railway themed. The above photo has this caption at the Shorpy website: “Circa 1900. “Niagara Falls, New York. Whirlpool Rapids (Grand Trunk
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Image from TTC’s Website On Wednesday, June 11th, the TTC held a sneak preview ride for members of the news media and specially-invited guests aboard new Bombardier “Flexity Outlook” No. 4401. Among the guests were TRHA’s Richard White and me . About 75 people rode No. 4401 on a short
The Komoka Railway Museum is also the home of a miniature railway. Unlike our ground level 7 1/4″ gauge railway, this railway is 3 1/2″ and 4 3/4″ (dual) gauge and is on a raised steel structure as you can see in the photos below and the video above. Ed
Komoka Station and Museum I recently visited the Komoka Railway Museum which is just outside London, Ontario, Canada. Part of the Museum is housed in the former Canadian National Railway station in Komoka, Ontario. In 1978, the building was moved to a location north of the CNR tracks and adjacent
Thanks to a generous donation from CN the Alberta Railway Museum (in Edmonton, Alberta) has recently received CN #1179 which was originally constructed for the Northern Alberta Railways (NAR) and numbered NAR #302. More importantly, #302 was named after Chief Moostoos, the First Nations Chief who signed Treaty #8, the last treaty
In the past few months, VIA Rail Canada offered the Museum the donation of an old electrically powered baggage cart which formerly operated on the Union Station platforms. As shown in the picture below, we brought one of these back to the Museum. A fleet of these “green baggage carts”
Spurred by the Lac Megantic disaster and the ensuing controversy over the safe transport of crude oil by rail, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) have continued to play a strong role in working with the Federal Government in the area of Rail Safety Safety as described on their website.
We occasionally feature local model railroad clubs, especially when they have open house events giving us the opportunity to visit and enjoy them. The Burlington Model Railroad Club (BCMR) is holding just such an event this weekend, Saturday, June 7th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Here is what they
We have had several photo shoots at our museum. Recently, Jeff Green led a cast of 20 folks in authentic period costumes from the middle of the last century in a photo shoot in the railway gallery of the Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Below are
In our final news item in our series about the Doors Open event, we feature pictures of visitors enjoying many of our other attractions in Roundhouse Park! We thank all of the volunteers who helped made this happen and also the model railroaders and exhibitors who came out and enlightened
