Click on the arrow to watch the video!.Once the chassis of a miniature live steam locomotive is fully assembled, we test the chassis on compressed air instead of steam to ensure that the steam engine and the running gear work properly. Yesterday, this was done with our steam engine and

Click on the picture for a closer look! The above image dates from around 1884 and was taken from the chimney of the water pumping station in the previous image. Roundhouse Park would occupy the centre of this view, with the Gardiner Expressway on the right. Union Station is a

Click on the picture for a closer look! The above shows Toronto Harbour in 1873. Railway tracks and related facilities fill most of the newly claimed land between Front Street and Lake Ontario. John Street intersects Front in the middle of this view. Roundhouse Park would be located just above

……… Click on each picture for a closer look! . Thanks to Wilson, James, Lance and Richard we had another success in our series of winter gatherings at the roundhouse. It was -10C outside but with benefit of a gigantic but temporary propane-fired hot water heating system in stalls 18

….… Click on each picture for a closer look! . In addition to all of the TRHA-driven activity at the roundhouse and elsewhere and the work to restore the buildings in Roundhouse Park, work has continued to prepare the northwest part of the roundhouse for one of our anchor tenants,

…… Click on each picture for a closer look! . We have been reporting progress on the assembly of the steam engine in a workshop in Markham in previous posts. Another team of TRHA volunteers is simultaneously working on the assembly of the tender for this steam engine in a

Click on the picture for a closer look! The Toronto Railway Heritage Centre at Roundhouse Park is scheduled to open later in 2009. The museum is located in the old John Street Roundhouse, built by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1929 to service the CPR passenger trains using the new

…… Click on each picture for a closer look! . Arno, Brian and Michael met last Wednesday with the TSSA boiler inspector and our engineer. The boiler was looked over and we were given permission to continue to assemble the locomotive and add all the fittings and pipe work after

Click on each picture for a closer look! . Once the parts were all accounted for, the locomotive build team tackled assembly of the chassis. In the picture at the upper left, Bob and Dave assemble brake system components to the upside down chassis. In the centre photo, the bones

…… Click on each picture for a closer look! . Over the Christmas holidays, a 2,500 pound shipping crate containing the kit of locomotive parts was delivered to a workshop where assembly of our steam engine is taking place. In the picture at the left, Arno and Michael inspect the