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	45.375°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
Visitors	47,326 (2011-12)
Director	Marie-Claude Reid
President	C. Stephen Cheasley
Owner	Canadian Railroad Historical Association
Website	exporail.org

The Canadian Railway Museum (Template:Lang-fr) 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.

Images

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  Historical Trains Preserved at Canadian Railway Museum
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  Main Pavilion CPR locomotive no. 144
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  LNER Class A4 Dominion of Canada
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  Pullman Cars
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  Via Rail FP9ARM #6309 undergoing restoration at the museum
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  CP Royal Hudson #2850, Canadian Railway Museum
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  CN #3684, an MLW-built Alco RS18 at the Canadian Railway Museum
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  Canadian Pacific '39 Buick, M235, Canadian Railway Museum
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  Engine Undercarriage Exhibit, Canadian Railway Museum
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  Rotary Snowplow at Canadian Railway Museum

See also

• List of heritage railways in Canada
• List of museums in Canada
• Canadian National
• Canadian Pacific Railway
• B&O Railroad Museum (US)
• Locomotion: the National Railway Museum at Shildon (UK)
• Nuremberg Transport Museum (Germany)
• Workshops Rail Museum (Australia)

References

• Viaud, Jean-Paul (2002). Portrait of the Collection. ISBN 2-9804089-1-3.

External links

• Exporail Museum website