by Trevor Parkins-Sciberras | Jun 26, 2022 | HCRR News, History
Our museum, the Halton County Radial Railway, has entered it’s 50th year of public service! On June 25th, 1972, the Official Opening ceremonies were held at the west end of the property with crane car C-1 being used as a podium. Early arrivals to the event saw...
by Trevor Parkins-Sciberras | Apr 15, 2022 | History
Our museum’s Social Media Manager Trevor Parkins-Sciberras has been creating this series of history articles called “Ontario’s Lost Electric Railways”, which focuses on photographs by town or city, rather than by organized by railway as usually...
by Trevor Parkins-Sciberras | Apr 14, 2022 | History
Article #6 in the series “Ontario’s Lost Electric Railways” will take a look at Niagara Falls. This will include photos of the Niagara Falls Park & River Railway and the Niagara, St. Catharines & Toronto Railway. Before we get to the age of...
by Trevor Parkins-Sciberras | Apr 3, 2022 | History
Our 5th article in the historical series “Ontario’s Lost Electric Railways” will focus on Paris, Ontario, which is located along the Grand River in Brant County. This scenic small town had 2 electric railways that ran through it: the Grand Valley...
by Trevor Parkins-Sciberras | Mar 28, 2022 | History
For article #4 in our historical series “Lost Electric Railways of Ontario” we’ll be looking at the east side of the Grand River near Blue Lake, which is about 5km north of the Town of Paris, Ontario. This article will be focused on photos of the...
by Trevor Parkins-Sciberras | Feb 9, 2022 | History
Introduction Continuing our series of articles about Ontario’s lost electric railways, today we’ll be taking a look St. Thomas, the Railway City! This will not be an in-depth history of the London & Port Stanley Railway, but rather a pictorial history...
