Guelph Historical Railway Association

A beautiful obituary and tribute to Evan and Amanda Lodge was shared by the Lodge family today. All of us at the GHRA would like to extend our deepest sympathies to Gregson, Susan and Alyssa Lodge in this unimaginably difficult time for them. https://www.guelphtoday.com/o/lodge-evan-and-amanda-3623903

Did you do a double take? Surprise. CPR like many other railway companies had standard designs for stations used. Guelph was thought to have a unique CPR station design but surprise. Woodstock, NB had a similar station except a little bit longer in length.

A look back to the Guelph Junction Explorer which operated on the Guelph Junction railway here in town. A train we are sad to see gone!

"HERITAGE MOMENTS." Snapped on July 3, 1977, Credit Valley Railway 1057 (ex CPR), the last steam train to operate north of Guelph Junction on the Canadian Pacific Railway Goderich Subdivision is seen approaching the Regional Road 23 overpass just south of West Montrose, Ontario. Originating at Guelph just a short time earlier, this train was operated by the Ontario Rail Association to Goderich and return as a celebration of both Guelph and Goderich's 150th Anniversaries. Just 12 years later in 1989, the line north of Guelph would be abandoned, now part of the Kissing Bridge Trailway/Goderich to Guelph Rail Trail. Today 1057 resides at the South Simcoe Railway in Tottenham. Peter Raschke Photo, Jacob Patterson Collection slide.

https://www.facebook.com/eric.repaci/videos/10220051282973467 An event before COVID. Once this is over we have a lot to look forward to.

Join us for CP Holiday Train at Home featuring The Trews, Serena Ryder, Kelly Prescott, Logan Staats and JoJo Mason!

Hmmm.... I wonder what this could mean? Sounds like something exciting is happening! www.ghra.ca

Interesting photos

The move of 6167 to John Galt park was a success! We'll be sharing more photos and videos of the move soon. Quite a special sight to see!

Todays progress of 6167. Tender is lifted and floated away from the site. The lifting equipment is being dismantled loaded onto truck trailers and will be reassembled on Woolwich st, near the River Run Centre for Saturdays move. The present show track will be reused at the new site.

The CPR " Canadian ". Era 1955, Enjoy the documentary.

lots more to come

After a reasonably long cool but nice November day watching a railway giant move to its new home here is a short clip from Southern California were it combines a beautiful warm beach and a classic ocean shore train.

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Happened today in Guelph

Locomotive 6167 update! The tender has been re-attached to the Locomotive after the move to John Galt Park and our volunteers have completed their work for the winter. To end the season with a bang, they even powered up the headlamp for a little while.

A great day for railway and history buffs. A final move for CN 6167 to its new home in John Galt Park, Guelph. It is agreed among everyone that this history iconic engine will be properly displayed in the heart of Guelph's historic area. video is 17min in length

This mornings progress on 6167, They are getting ready for the lift. They are awaiting the arrival of the float.