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Ontario - Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre
St. Capreol, ON - Northern Ontario Railroad Museum. The first is the Victorian style house originally built in 1916. It is now the home of numerous exhibits which pay tribute to the region's rich lumber, mining and railroading heritage. The building aslo houses the museum's gift shop, washroom facilities and quaint tea room serving refreshments during the summer months.
Prescott Park, located in behind the museum house is home to lush gardens, a railway themed playground, the museum's very own garden train as well as a very unique collection of rolling stock. There are picnic tables on site for visitors wishing to bring their own lunch.
The museum's train collection includes four locomotives, six pieces of rolling stock, as well as several mining cars, handcars, and speeders. The museum currently has the following on display:
Locomotives:
Canadian National Railways CN 6077 1944 U-1-f Class MLW 4-8-4 steam locomotive
Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway #219 MLW 4-6-0 steam locomotive
INCO #101 1919 Westinghouse Electric locomotive
INCO #116 1948 General Electric locomotive.
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Ontario - Palmerston Railway Heritage Museum
Palmerston, ON - Palmerston Railway Heritage Museum. The town of Palmerston has a very unique history in Southwestern Ontario. When the railways began to extend to this part of the province the vast majority of towns already existed when the railway lines were built. As a result the stations were built on the outskirts of the towns. Palmerston, however, came into existence in the 1870's with the arrival of the Wellington, Grey & Bruce Railway. Since the town was built around the railroad, the town of Palmerston has the smallest main street in Southwestern Ontario, as well as the longest Pedestrian Bridge in all of Ontario.
The museum itself is unique as we are the only Railway Museum in Wellington County. The museum has on display numerous railway and Victorian artifacts that have been kindly donated by members of the community and surrounding areas. We also host a large library of railway books which are located in our Genealogy room. The museum has numerous railway records and has begun to collect microfilm resources which can be accessed by individuals who wish to research their family history and discover ancestral ties to the railroad.
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Ontario - Port Stanley Terminal Rail
Port Stanley, Ontario - Port Stanley Terminal Rail operates over a scenic seven mile portion of the former London & Port Stanley Railway, between Port Stanley and St. Thomas, Ontario. The trains run from mid march to Christmas, mostly with volunteer help.
You can choose a seat in one of our open coaches for an unobstructed view, or you can choose to ride in a closed coach that's heated in winter. On our leisurely ride, you will cross over two bridges, traverse the boat-lined banks of Kettle Creek, look for deer in the apple orchards along the way, and marvel at the cuttings and fills created by hand labour so long ago. See some of the many plants and trees that grow along the track, many of which are unique to the north shore of Lake Erie.
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Ontario - School on Wheels Railcar Museum
Clinton, ON - School on Wheels Railcar Museum. The CN School on Wheels #15089 was one of seven railway schools used as a highly successful method of reaching and teaching the isolated children and adults of the Northern Ontario wilderness between 1926 and 1965.
Car #15089 is one of the original school cars, and was thought to have been scrapped long ago, until found abandoned in the Toronto/Mississauga CNR rail yard in 1982. It was transported to Clinton to undergo renovation. Located in the beautiful park which bears his name, CNR School Car #15089 is also a memorial for Clinton native Fred Sloman, the "Dean of School Car Teachers," who lived and taught in this travelling school from 1926 to 1965.
Visitors will be amazed at how Fred Sloman and his family lived and travelled in this single railway car, bringing reading and writing skills to Canada's north.
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Ontario - Smiths Falls Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario
Smiths Falls, Ontario - Located at 90 William St., Smiths Falls, Ontario. Our museum is located on 10.5 acres in the heart of Smiths Falls. Our station building, built in 1912 by the Canadian Northern Ontario Railway, is a National Historic Site. Housed in a former Canadian Northern Railway Station built in 1914, we have 5 acres of things to see and do!
Take a Wickham car ride, see a 1950's diesel locomotive and a 1912 Steam locomotive, and check out the many exhibits in the Station building. Large tour groups and school classes are welcome!
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Ontario - South Simcoe Railway Heritage Corporation
Tottenham, Ontario - "All Aboard" for a scenic journey through the Beeton Creek Valley aboard South Simcoe Railway's historic excursion train.
You'll travel in restored 1920s coaches over the rails of a century-old branchline that once connected Hamilton with Barrie and Collingwood. Enjoy the sights and sounds of the vintage locomotive as you travel through the rolling countryside. The round trip from Tottenham to Beeton and back takes just under an hour, highlighted by the Conductor's friendly and informative commentary. Experience travel as our ancestors did, and learn about the history of the railways that made Canada what it is today!
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Ontario - York Durham Heritage Railway
Uxbridge, Ontario - Take a journey on the York-Durham Heritage Railway where riders are treated to a nostalgic 40 km. round trip ride through some of the most beautiful country in the province. Approximately 40 minutes northeast of downtown Toronto.
Vintage diesel motive power and classic "heavyweight" coaches will take you back to a time in which the railway provided the necessary links between the small towns that dot the Central Ontario countryside round the turn of the century.
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