Click on each image for a closer look!.In this interesting pair of pictures, Stephen Gardiner, one of our volunteers, has captured the view out of the front windows of the F7 Cab into the three stalls of the Roundhouse where our restoration work continues..In this view, we see the Jackman
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Click on the image for a closer look!.Bruce Reynolds was a pipe fitter and car mechanic on the CN for 35 years. Bruce has donated one of the original brochures for the LRC and a CN Coffee pot originally from a CN caboose. Many thanks, Bruce!.In the picture above we
Click on each image for a closer look!.Thanks to the efforts of Jim Gardiner, one of our volunteers, Home Depot has generously donated a significant treasure trove of tools useful to our restoration efforts. In the attached photos, we find an enthusiastic crew of volunteers assembling these power tools this
Click on each image for a closer look!.Driving a full size steam locomotive or a miniature version is equally challenging. In order to qualify to drive a full size steam locomotive on the Huntsville and Lake of Bays Railway, Michael Guy and I had to invest 120 hours of operational
Click on each image for a closer look! . James Rasor, who is leading the project to restore the TH&B caboose provides us here with an update on the work done last Saturday as well as the outstanding work to be done: “We shored the copula roof this week which
Click on the image for a closer look! . In our final news posting about this announcement, we are linking you to a number of sources of news items about this event. Today, Jim Coyle of the Toronto Star, answered the question: . “….. Still, how could it be that
. Continuing our coverage of the coming of the stage production of the Railway hildren to Roudnhouse Park, we turn to the Wikipedia entry for the Railway Children which reports as follows on the most recent stage productions:.“A new stage adaptation written by Mike Kenny and directed by Damian Cruden
Click on each image for a closer look! . As announced here by Mirvish Productions, the British production of The Railway Children is coming to Roundhouse Park this summer. Marquis Entertainment will erect a one thousand seat tent theatre over our track 39 (see model below) to accommodate the steam
Click on each image for a closer look! . On Sunday of last weekend, we also had a crew of volunteers tackling several different projects. One group were busy planning how to best wire the F7 Diesel Cab in order to power up the computer equipment and all of the
Click on each image for a closer look! . This weekend, Jim and I removed the interior of the front, left and rear sides of the van copula to review the condition of the cupola wood structure as shown in the attached photos. The TH&B #70 has been through a