In the category of museums, we are also including operating railways which bring back the past glories of railways in Canada.
National Museums
Exporail
www.exporail.org
Exporail is owned and managed by the Canadian Railway Historical Association (CRHA) and is considered the national Canadian Railway Museum.
National Museum of Science and Technology
www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/
The National Museum of Science and Technology has an impressive collection of the larger Canadian steam locomotives as well as the TTC historical collection.
Ontario Museums
Halton County Radial Railway Museum
www.hcry.org/
Located near Rockwood, Ontario, this operating traction museum provides the experience of riding on interurbans and streetcars, most of which are from Toronto.
Niagara Railway Museum
The Niagara Railway Museum is located in the former Canadian National Railway diesel shop located at 21 Warren Street in Fort Erie. It is still underdevelopment but is open to the public on certain days in the summer.
South Simcoe Railway
www.steamtrain.com/
The South Simcoe Railway in Tottenham, Ontario operates steam-operated trains throughout the warmer months of the year.
Huntsville and Lake of Bays Railway
www.muskokaheritageplace.org/
Located in Huntsville, Ontario, this operating museum provides the experience of riding on what was one of the the smallest passenger carrying railways in the world.
Friends of Freeman Station
This group is dedicated to the restoration of Freeman Station, now owned by the City of Burlington It is the only building in the city whose historical and architectural significance has been recognized not only locally, but also provincially, by the Ontario Ministry of Culture, and nationally, by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.
Port Stanley Terminal Rail
www.pstr.on.ca/
Located in Port Stanley, Ontario, this operating museum provides the experience of riding on the trackage of the former London and Port Stanley Railway through a very scenic valley behind small diesel locomotives.
Southern Ontario Locomotive Restoration Society
http://www.solrswat.ca/
Located in St. Thomas, Ontario, this operating museum provides the experience of riding behind restored steam locomotives.
Elgin County Railway Museum
www.ecrm5700.org/
Located in the 1913 former Michigan Central Railroad Locomotive Shops next to the Canada Southern Railway, which was built in 1872 as a shortcut through Canada from Chicago to New York, this museum has an extensive collection of locomotives and rolling stock.
Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario
Located in an old Canadian Northern Depot in Smith Falls, Ontario. See steam and diesel locomotives, and check out the many exhibits in the Station building.
British Columbia
Canadian Museum of Rail Travel
www.crowsnest.bc.ca/cmrt/
Located in Cranbrook, British Columbia, this museum is devoted to the history of passenger travel.
Revelstoke Railway Museum
www.railwaymuseum.com/
Located in Revelstoke, B.C.: This museum is in a lovely building nestled beside the CPR yards in Revelstoke. They also operate a commemorative park at Craigellachie, B.C. few miles away where the famed “last spike” ceremony occurred to complete the CPR’s transcontinental railway.