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The Toronto Railway Historical Association says its long-planned railway museum is being squeezed out by a proposed hydro transformer station inside the Roundhouse's 12,000-square-foot machine shop

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People enjoy a ride on one of the Toronto Railway Historical Association's live steam miniaturetrains in the Roundhouse Park in Toronto on April 20, 2012, driven by volunteer Mike Salisbury.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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Amir Azizov, 4, reacts as steam is blown from the whistle of the Toronto Railway Historical Association's live steam miniature railway in the Roundhouse Park in Toronto on April 20, 2012, volunteer Mike Salisbury.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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Glenn Garwood, board member and project spokesman and Orin Krivel, president of Toronto Railway Historical Association's talks about one of the refurbished trains in the Roundhouse Park in Toronto on April 20, 2012.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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People check out one of the Toronto Railway Historical Association's refurbished trains in the Roundhouse Park in Toronto on April 20, 2012.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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People check out one of the Toronto Railway Historical Association's refurbished trains in the Roundhouse Park in Toronto on April 20, 2012, driven by volunteer Mike Salisbury.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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People check out one of the Toronto Railway Historical Association's refurbished trains in the Roundhouse Park in Toronto on April 20, 2012.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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People enjoy a ride on one of the Toronto Railway Historical Association's live steam miniature trains in the Roundhouse Park in Toronto on April 20, 2012.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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Orin Krivel, president and Glenn Garwood, board member and project spokesman of Toronto Railway Historical Association's talks about one of the refurbished trains in the Roundhouse Park in Toronto on April 20, 2012.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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