All aboard the Valentine’s Day Chocolate Express! Join @tasty_tours for a Chocolate Tasting in a Vintage Railway Car on Valentine's Day weekend! Tastings offered on February 14th, 15th and 16th. For details and to register contact Tasty Tours Toronto.

This is one of only two examples of the 128 locomotives of this type built by MLW to have been preserved. The other, former BC Rail No. 586, is at the Central BC Railway and Forestry Museum (@pgrailmuseum) in Prince George, BC. 2/2

The amalgamated company became the fifth largest railway in North America, extending from Atlantic to Pacific and south to the Gulf of Mexico. It was initially assumed that the larger CN was absorbing a smaller IC, but some observers now feel that it was the other way around. 2/2

The T&YRR in turn became a part of the TTC in 1921. In 1939 part of this line was rebuilt to serve the Canadian Arms Ltd. factory west of Etobicoke Creek. This track was removed in 1945. The Long Branch loop is presently the western terminus of the TTC's 501 Queen streetcar. 2/2

Please note the museum will be closed Sunday February 9, 2025 due to weather. We look forward to seeing you Wednesday, February 12! #TOMuseum #TOrailwaymuseum

From Allandale (Barrie), the excursion followed the original route of the 1853 Ontario, Simcoe & Huron Railway back to Toronto. 3/3

In 1976 the site became a parking lot for the CN Tower, and was to be a part of the cancelled Metro Centre development project. All three levels of government agreed to build the MTCC here as a standalone project. Queen Elizabeth II opened its first phase on October 2, 1984. 3/3

It took several weeks for CN freight traffic to make the transition and the yard received another, more official opening in May 1965. In 1975, Toronto Yard was renamed MacMillan Yard to honour recently retired CN president Norman J. MacMillan. 3/3

We're hiring our seasonal staff for Summer 2025! For more details please visit the Job Opportunities page on the museum website (link in bio).

The CVR amalgamated with the Ontario & Quebec Railway in 1883 and both were absorbed by @CanadianPacific in 1884. The original CVR route remains CP’s mainline west of Toronto as far as Woodstock. The line also carries @GOtransit trains on the @GOtransitMI corridor. 2/2

The Mac-Paps’ most illustrious member was Dr. Norman Bethune, who created and led a blood transfusion service for wounded combatants. The battalion was not officially recognized by the Canadian government, which considered it to be an international embarrassment. 3/3