The Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA) Canada is dedicated to the preservation and restoration of heavy construction equipment and the history of the people in the construction industry that helped to build Canada.  The HCEA Canada is involved in locating, preserving, and restoring construction equipment and its literature. Their machinery

The Agawa Canyon is a shallow canyon located deep in the sparsely populated Algoma District in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created 1.2 billion years ago by faulting along the Canadian Shield and then enlarged by the erosive action of the Agawa River. The Agawa Canyon Wilderness Park

Recently, a CN passenger car was rebuilt to serve as a library in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The goal was to improve low literacy rates in the north end of the “Keith” neighbourhood  “Every child deserves an even chance to be educated,” said local builder Jeff Paikin, son of the library’s

Many volunteers from model engineering and miniature railway clubs in southern Ontario were involved in the development of our miniature railway in Roundhouse Park.  This community of miniature railway enthusiasts is not large so we tend to know each other quite well. For many years, The Frontenac Society of Model

One of our volunteers, Stephen Gardiner, paid a visit to the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre (CBHC) in Sault St. Marie, Ontario.  Their mandate is: “To preserve and tell the story of Canada’s bushplane and forest fire protection heritage and how it has shaped life in northern and remote parts of

Recently, Martin Van Kuilenburg and I visited Westfield Village in Hamilton, Ontario.  Martin, who lives in Montreal, is a member of the team of TRHA volunteers that developed and maintains the Toronto Rail Lands simulation experience at our museum.  At the Westfield Village website, they note that: “Westfield Village is

The 60 Year Survivor Dave Howard of the Niagara Division of the Canadian Railway Historical Association provides us with the photos below of vintage diesels on the Ontario Southland Railway (OSR). We recently reported on the inaugural run of another one of their vintage diesels, FP9u #1401, in an earlier

On April 26th and 27th, Bob Dickson, Lance Gleich and Andrew Jeanes descended on Ottawa and the Ottawa Train Expo to represent the TRHA and the Toronto Railway Museum at this annual event. Below we share a few pictures from that event. Posting by Russ Milland; Photos by Lance Gleich