Canadian Railway Museum, Railway museum in Saint-Constant, Canada.
The Canadian Railway Museum is a railway collection in Saint-Constant displaying more than 140 vehicles and thousands of objects that trace the history of rail transport. The grounds and buildings hold locomotives, coaches, and equipment from different eras alongside archives of railway documents.
The museum was founded in 1961 by the Canadian Railroad Historical Association to preserve railway heritage. Its collection documents how trains transformed Canada's economy and connected its regions over more than a century.
The name Exporail was adopted in 1992 for a development campaign and is used in both English and French. The Barrington station on the site is a reproduction of an 1882 building. The museum's library and archives building was funded by a donation from the three daughters of Charles Melville Hays, a Grand Trunk president who died on the Titanic in 1912.
The museum offers heritage streetcar rides during warmer months and operates special train excursions on weekends. Plan to spend several hours walking the outdoor grounds to view the collection of vehicles and indoor exhibits.
Locomotive No. 2850, a 4-6-4 Hudson, pulled the Royal train carrying King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on the westbound leg of their 1939 Canadian tour. After that run, it and the H1c, H1d and H1e engines were redesignated Royal Hudsons, while the earlier H1a and H1b classes kept their old name.
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