{"id":11427,"date":"2010-05-28T18:00:40","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T22:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=11427"},"modified":"2010-05-28T16:41:05","modified_gmt":"2010-05-28T20:41:05","slug":"john-street-roundhouse-park-now-home-to-railway-heritage-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/05\/28\/john-street-roundhouse-park-now-home-to-railway-heritage-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"John Street Roundhouse Park now home to Railway Heritage Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4055\/4647636249_22d02daa7b_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Cabin D and Train No. 1\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4055\/4647636249_22d02daa7b_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"415\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just in time for Doors Open this weekend, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trha.ca\/\">John Street Roundhouse Park National Railway and Heritage Centre <\/a>staged its grand opening today. The 17-acre park includes four full-sized locomotives dating back to 1944 as well as Toronto\u2019s own car, No. 1, built in Kingston,  Ontario in 1950. (Hurry, though, if you want to see it; the roundhouse will <a href=\"http:\/\/thestar.blogs.com\/g20\/2010\/05\/details-of-g20-red-zone-announced.html\">soon be fenced off<\/a> as part of the security buildup to the G20.)<\/p>\n<p>There are also three freight cars and two passenger cars in the park. The roundhouse has been cleaned up and bays 15, 16, and 17 have been set up by the Toronto Railway Historical Association as a simulation of what it\u2019s like to drive a real diesel train. Visitors are able to board the cab of an Electromotive Division F7, as well as the General Electric U33C Diesel Cab and use actual controls to drive through a scene depicting mid-1950s downtown Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>Another interactive component of the Heritage Centre is the Roundhouse Park Miniature Railway. A fully operational miniature train can carry up to 24 people around the park. After Mayor David Miller drove the train for a photo op, the conductor had to fix a minor derailment caused by merely reversing the train without enough weight on it.<\/p>\n<p>The most impressive aspects to the park are the completely restored railway village buildings, which were given a historical designation in 1990. The Don Station, Cabin D, a watchman\u2019s shanty and tool shed have been cleaned up and restored as best as possible to their original condition. The Don Station\u2019s insides are completely original, which is obvious by the peeling paint and tiny door frames. The cedar shingle skirting and the upturned roof on Cabin D were\u00a0 restored to reflect the appreciation for Asian pagodas that was revered in the nineteenth century.<\/p>\n<p>Cabin D was actually located at the Bathurst Street junction until it was retired in 1983 after an increase in GO transit traffic required newer technology than that of the manual switches. The original sign is hung above a window in the building, which houses the switch tenders.<\/p>\n<p>While there are still finishing touches to be done on the buildings, the entire project owes its existence to 60 volunteers who donated 20,000 hours of their time to restore and rebuild the historical railway system over the last nine years. \u201cThis is an example of Toronto volunteerism at its absolute finest, which vastly understates the contribution of the TRHA,\u201d said Miller.<\/p>\n<p><em>The achingly long progress of the transformation can be followed on the Toronto Railway Heritage Association\u2019s website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trha.ca\/\">http:\/\/www.trha.ca\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><input id=\"gwProxy\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"jsProxy\" onclick=\"jsCall();\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"gwProxy\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"jsProxy\" onclick=\"jsCall();\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"gwProxy\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"jsProxy\" onclick=\"jsCall();\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"gwProxy\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"jsProxy\" onclick=\"jsCall();\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"gwProxy\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"jsProxy\" onclick=\"jsCall();\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"gwProxy\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"jsProxy\" onclick=\"jsCall();\" type=\"hidden\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just in time for Doors Open this weekend, the John Street Roundhouse Park National Railway and Heritage Centre staged its grand opening today. 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