Our Roundhouse Park miniature railway is almost the smallest size gauge used for giving rides to passengers. Our gauge is 7 1/2″. With few exceptions, commercial and tourist railways are usually at least 2 foot gauge or more. But here is one of the exceptions documented on the Internet as
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In an earlier TRHA News posting, we took you to the “Miniature Wonderland” in Hamburg, Germany which could possibly be the largest model train system in the world. In Flemington, New Jersey in the U.S.A. there is another model railway system called “Northlandz” which also could lay claim to being
As we reported in an earlier TRHA News Posting, an old roundhouse in London, Ontario has survived from the 1880’s to today. Researchers believe, based on the earliest known insurance fire map of the area (show below) that it was built by the Michigan Central Railway. However, some still
Central Pasco & Gulf Railroad The third stop on Michael’s Guy’s field trip to the Florida Live Steamers was at the Central Pasco & Gulf (CP&G) Railroad meet in Crewes Lake County Park in Pasco County. The above image by Michael Guy shows his father, John Guy driving Michael’s locomotive
You can camp in Florida in the winter! Lise and Michael enjoy fine dining Ridge Live Steamers The second stop on Michael’s Guy’s field trip to the Florida Live Steamers was at the Ridge Live Steamers’ meet. They have a 7½” gauge railroad that currently has 7,500 feet of mainline
Once upon a time, there was a tradition for Miniature Railway Clubs on the west and east coast of North America to hold an annual series of “meets” over a succession of weekends over the summer period. The umbrella organization, the International Brotherhood of Live Steamers (IBLS), oversaw these series
Wikipedia tell us that: “The Lone Ranger is a 2013 American action western film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films. It relates Tonto’s memories of the duo’s earliest efforts to subdue the immoral actions of the corrupt and bring justice in the American Old West. It is
For the third year in a row, the TRHA has hosted a display table at the Barrie Allandale Model Train Show held over the Valentine’s Day weekend. This two day annual event is held in the Bradford Greenhouses a few miles west of downtown Barrie, providing an unusually bright degree
Click on the image for a closer look! Toronto City Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong recently launched a campaign to rename Union Station after Sir John A. Macdonald. This has fueled much discussion in the media. Derek Boles, our TRHA Historian, took the opportunity to make the case on behalf of the
The Toronto Railway Museum is pleased to announce that we now have two new logos to share with the world. These logos, as well as our first generation of logos, were designed by Jason Shron of our Toronto Railway Historical Association’s Advisory Board, with input from our staff and volunteer