There were 3 separate trains on separate tracks and each train had numerous rail cars. There was the Trans Canada Limited from 1929 - River Rouge, the Soo - Spokane Deluxe from 1907 - Curzon, and the Business Car from 1928 - B.C. Here are a bunch of pictures from the tour. It was amazing to see.
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
The Canadian Museum of Rail Travel
Blaine and I went to the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel this afternoon. Bliane was doing a story for work and I wanted to see the museum so I went with him. We went on a deluxe tour off all the rail cars. They are displayed to illustrate the glory days of North American rail travel. They call them 'hotels on wheels'. The museum opened in 1978 and they have been gathering pieces and restoring the interior of the rail cars since 1976. They are not finished the restoration. There is still a lot to be done. It takes so long because they are so careful to make it look exactly as it did.
There were 3 separate trains on separate tracks and each train had numerous rail cars. There was the Trans Canada Limited from 1929 - River Rouge, the Soo - Spokane Deluxe from 1907 - Curzon, and the Business Car from 1928 - B.C. Here are a bunch of pictures from the tour. It was amazing to see.


There were 3 separate trains on separate tracks and each train had numerous rail cars. There was the Trans Canada Limited from 1929 - River Rouge, the Soo - Spokane Deluxe from 1907 - Curzon, and the Business Car from 1928 - B.C. Here are a bunch of pictures from the tour. It was amazing to see.
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4 comments:
Very beautiful and very elegant. Love Mom xoxoxoxoxoxox
Yeah it's very beautiful, and amazing to see how much work they do to restore them. When you see what the train cars look like when they first get them, it is unbelievable that they can restore them to look so beautiful!
Looking at these and how cool they look reminded me that when we took our train ride, I totally thought that the train would be like this from all the movies I had seen with trains. I was a little disappointed when they didn't even have a lunch car! Oh well. Speaking of trains, Joshua gets to go on a train trip to Kitwanga next week with his class. How cool hey?!
Yeah, it would be nice if they made trains really fancy like they used to!! That's cool about Joshua... I hope he enjoys it. I'm sure he will!!
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