Toronto Railway Museum
255 Bremner Boulevard, Stall 17 M5V 3M9 Toronto, ON, Canada

Can’t make it to the museum? You can explore our exhibits, including the train cars and locomotives, from home through our audio guide. Enjoy! https://narrating.app/trm

Everything you need to know about this year's Museum Store Sunday https://mailchi.mp//shop-local-and-support-the-museummuseu

Thank you to everyone who voted in The Toronto Star Readers' Choice Awards! We've won gold in the "Best Museum" category See the rest of the winners: https://www.thestar.com//entertainment/subcategories/museum

A part of our collection, Canadian Pacific No. 7020 arrived in Toronto in 1944 A "war engine", 7020 was used to meet the crushing demands of the home front war effort in Toronto during World War Two. The diesel-electric engine was designed specifically to be used in Toronto’s wartime economy Used exclusively for switching freight cars in West Toronto, Parkdale, and in the downtown rail lands, 7020 hasn’t left the city limits since arriving in 1944! During the Second World War, it worked mainly at Parkdale, connecting cars to make munitions and troop transport trains. Learn more with our temporary exhibit "Toronto's Railways at War", on display until November 30.

#OnThisDay in 1989, Canadian Pacific began operating its trains without cabooses. Once found on the tail end of every North American freight train, the caboose was a home away from home for the crew. Inside you could find cooking facilities and bunks as well as office space for the conductor The purpose of the caboose was to allow trains to be observed and supervised from the rear, making sure there were no problems en route Before two-way radios came into use, if a tr...ain made an unscheduled stop, crew in the caboose could protect the rear with warning signals. Cabooses were gradually phased out as new technology was introduced, such as improved axle bearings, trackside fault detectors and electronic end-of-train devices (FREDs) Labour laws reduced the time crew spent on the rails, and the railways were looking to reduce their payroll expenses. These factors made cabooses largely unnecessary by the late twentieth century. At the museum, we have two cabooses in our collection: TH&B No. 70, and CNR No. 79144.

Our temporary exhibit, "Toronto's Railways at War" is on now until November 30. Discover stories about troop transport, the role of the train station, and the war engine in our collection #LestWeForget