Toronto Railway Museum

Museum closed
2020-10-14 | Toronto Railway Museum, 255 Bremner Blvd, Stall 17, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3M9, Canada
The Toronto Railway Museum is closed on Wednesday, October 14th in lieu of Thanksgiving. We will reopen on Thursday, October 15th.

Online Lecture: Toronto Union Stations
2020-10-01 20:00 - 21:30 UTC
Join us for the final lecture in our 10th anniversary series, Toronto Union Stations 1927-2020!

About Toronto Union Stations, 1927-2020

After almost 25 years of planning and construction, Toronto’s fourth Union Station opened to great fanfare in August 1927 with a visit by the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII. Over the following decades, the station would witness the Depression, World War II, the railway’s transition from steam to diesel motive power, the decline of intercity and long-distance passenger trains, the near demolition of the building in the 1960s, and the repurposing of the station as commuter hub. After Union Station was acquired by the City of Toronto in the 21st century, a renovation and restoration process began that would take almost as long as its initial construction a century earlier. An extensive array of photographs, maps, diagrams and animations will illustrate the history of this National Historic Site.
The lecture will be presented digitally through the WebEx platform in one evening and divided into two sections with a short break in the middle. Once you register for this lecture, please review the Order Confirmation that you will receive from Eventbrite. It contains all of the relevant information needed to access our online event.
Don’t forget to register and reserve your space! Please note that lecture capacity is limited due to the hosting platform used.

Tickets for our Online Lecture, Toronto Union Stations 1927-2020, now available on Eventbrite.
ABOUT DEREK BOLES:
Derek Boles is the chief historian of the Toronto Railway Museum and a founding member of the Toronto Railway Historical Association. He wrote several articles and a book on Toronto’s railway history and led many popular railway-themed walks for Heritage Toronto, where he served as a board member for seven years and consulted and researched several railway historic plaques installed throughout the city, many of them commemorating the city’s railway history. From 2006 to 2012, he led monthly tours of Union Station and hosted the annual Doors Open event at that venue. In 2015, Derek received the Canadian Railroad Historical Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
Be sure to check out the rest of our virtual offerings on the TRM from Home page.

Museum closed
2020-09-09 | Toronto Railway Museum, 255 Bremner Blvd, Stall 17, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3M9, Canada
The museum will be closed on Wednesday, September 9th in lieu of Labour Day. We will reopen on Thursday, September 10th.

Online Lecture: Toronto Union Stations, 1858-1925
2020-09-03 20:00 - 21:30 (America/Halifax)
Take a virtual tour of Toronto’s Union Stations and see the evolution of one of Toronto’s most famous landmarks!

About this Event

Toronto has had four Union Stations, including the current one. The first was a modest structure west of York Street that opened in 1858. Derek Boles uncovered a few previously unseen images of this station. The second was a far grander building that opened in 1873. That station was so extensively modified and expanded in the 1890s that it should be considered the third. The fourth and current Union Station was built between 1915 and 1920, but not opened until 1927. This lecture covers the first three and the construction of today’s Union Station. A subsequent lecture deals with the facility in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
We present this lecture digitally through the WebEx platform in one evening and divided into two sections with a short break in the middle. Once you register for this lecture, please review the Order Confirmation that you will receive from Eventbrite. It contains all of the relevant information needed to access our online event.
Don’t forget to register and reserve your space! The hosting platform limits the number of spots available.
Tickets for our Online Lecture, Toronto Union Station 1858-1927, now available on Eventbrite.
ABOUT DEREK BOLES:
Derek Boles is the chief historian of the Toronto Railway Museum and a founding member of the Toronto Railway Historical Association. He wrote several articles and a book on Toronto’s railway history and led many popular railway-themed walks for Heritage Toronto, where he served as a board member for seven years and consulted and researched several railway historic plaques installed throughout the city, many of them commemorating the city’s railway history. From 2006 to 2012, he led monthly tours of Union Station and hosted the annual Doors Open event at that venue. In 2015, Derek received the Canadian Railroad Historical Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
Be sure to check out the rest of our virtual offerings on the TRM from Home page.

Online Lecture Steam Locomotives of John St, Part 2
2020-08-06 20:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York)
See what went on inside the historic John Street Roundhouse from the comfort of your home at our next online lecture!

About this online lecture

Toronto Railway Museum historian Derek Boles will continue with his online lecture on the Canadian Pacific Railway’s steam locomotives at Toronto’s John Street Roundhouse. Part two of this mini-series will deal with some of the railway’s most iconic engines, including the 4-8-4 Northerns, the 4-6-4 Hudsons and Royal Hudsons, and the 4-4-4 Jubilees. Also included are the more utilitarian yard engines as well as foreign motive power of the New York Central and Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo.

The lecture will be presented digitally through the WebEx platform in one evening and divided into two sections with a short break in the middle. Once you register for this lecture, please review the Order Confirmation that you will receive from Eventbrite. It contains all of the relevant information needed to access our online event.

Don’t forget to register and reserve your space! Please note that lecture capacity is limited due to the hosting platform used.

Don’t forget to register and reserve your space! Please note that online lecture capacity is limited due to the hosting platform used.

Cover Image: David A. Oram, “A John St. Morning”

ABOUT DEREK BOLES:

Derek Boles is the chief historian of the Toronto Railway Museum and a founding member of the Toronto Railway Historical Association. He has authored several articles and a book on Toronto’s railway history and led many popular railway-themed walks for Heritage Toronto, for which he was a board member for seven years. From 2006 to 2012, he provided monthly tours of Union Station and hosted the annual Doors Open event at that venue. In 2015, Derek was the recipient of the Canadian Railroad Historical Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

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