Canadian Railway Museum

The Canadian Railway Museum
Exporail
Le Musée ferroviaire canadien
Exporail
Location within southern Quebec
Established 1961
Location Saint-Constant, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates 45°22′30″N 73°33′50″W / 45.375°N 73.564°W / 45.375; -73.564Coordinates: 45°22′30″N 73°33′50″W / 45.375°N 73.564°W / 45.375; -73.564
Type Railway museum
Collection size 160 vehicles, 190,000 documents and artifacts, 10,000 small artifacts, a centennial railway station, 690 model trains[1]
Visitors 47,326 (2011-12)[2]
Director Marie-Claude Reid
President C. Stephen Cheasley
Owner Canadian Railroad Historical Association
Website exporail.org

The Canadian Railway Museum (French: (Le) Musée ferroviaire canadien), operating under the brand name Exporail in both official languages, is a rail transport museum in Saint-Constant, Quebec, Canada, on Montreal's south shore.

Collection

Established in 1961 by its owner and operator, the Canadian Railroad Historical Association, the museum maintains the largest collection of railway equipment in Canada with over 140 pieces of rolling stock. There are also over 250,000 objects and documents from Canada's railway history in the collection which is maintained in the archives on the property.

The museum operates a heritage streetcar line around the grounds as well as a heritage railway which pulls a small passenger train on a former freight spur to Montée des Bouleaux. The streetcar operates daily during the spring, summer and fall while the railway operates every Sunday during the same period.

Two big attractions are LB&SCR A1 Class 54 Waddon & LNER Class A4 4489 Dominion of Canada

The museum underwent a significant expansion during the 2000s when the Angus Exhibit Pavilion opened. Some of the most valuable items were placed in the new pavilion, which became the main exhibition building.

One of the most notable artifacts is former Canadian Pacific locomotive #2850, with a 4-6-4 wheel arrangement, known as a "Hudson type". In 1939 this particular locomotive was responsible for pulling the Royal Train carrying King George VI and Queen Elizabeth across Canada. Because of this, #2850 and all engines of its class, were redesignated as Royal Hudsons.

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See also

References

  1. ↑ "Our Collection". Canadian Railway Museum. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Annual Report 2011–2012" (PDF). Canadian Railroad Historical Association. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
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