Toronto Railway Museum, Railway museum in downtown Toronto, Canada.
The Toronto Railway Museum is housed in the historic John Street Roundhouse at Bremner Boulevard and displays locomotives, railway equipment, and hands-on exhibits. The building itself demonstrates the scale and design of early 20th-century rail facilities.
The John Street Roundhouse was built in 1931 as one of North America's most advanced railway maintenance facilities. It survived changing rail operations and urban development because of its solid construction and central location.
The museum shows how rail transport shaped daily life in Toronto and connected communities across Canada. You can see how people traveled and how the railway influenced the city's growth.
Plan to explore the exhibits throughout the building and allow time for the interactive elements. Roundhouse Park outside features outdoor displays and is accessible without admission, giving you a free preview of the equipment.
The museum preserves a working turntable where locomotives were rotated, a rare example of this technology still in operation. This mechanical device shows how railway workers managed equipment before modern systems existed.
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