{"id":127,"date":"2018-05-08T21:54:32","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T01:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/?page_id=127"},"modified":"2024-01-31T22:51:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T03:51:26","slug":"railway-links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/index.php\/railway-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Railway Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Please note that the Komoka Railway Museum has no control over, and therefore, no responsiblity, concerning the content of any websites other than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/\"> www.komokarailmuseum.ca<\/a><\/h4>\n<h2>Southwestern Ontario<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/casostation.ca\/hall-of-fame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North American Railway Hall of Fame<\/a> Their Mission: To Preserve and Honor Railway Heritage in North America and ensure the future sustainability of the Canada Southern Railway Station (St. Thomas, Ontario).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lmrg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">London Model Railroad Group<\/a> A local London group specializing in modelling &#8216;O&#8217; Scale mainline, trolley and &#8216;ON3&#8217; narrow gauge.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LondonNGineersModelRailroadClub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">London N&#8217;Gineers Model Railroad Club<\/a>\u00a0 A local London group specializing in modelling &#8216;N&#8217; scale<\/li>\n<li>P<a href=\"https:\/\/palmerstonrailwaymuseum.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">almerston Railway Heritage Museum<\/a> The museum is the only railway museum in Wellington County. The museum has numerous railway and Victorian artifacts on display&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pstr.on.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Port Stanley Terminal Rail<\/a> A truly worthwhile experience, take a train ride from Port Stanley to St. Thomas on a circa 1940-1950 train.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecrm5700.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elgin County Railway Museum<\/a> A very nice museum located in Elgin County, Ontario.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.2bintrains.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2B in Trains<\/a> A place to buy rare and interesting model trains etc.\u00a0 Located in Fergus, ON.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PetesTrainsLondon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pete&#8217;s Trains<\/a> a place to buy or discuss model trains. Located in London, ON downtown area..<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rrhobby.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Broughdale Hobby<\/a> a place to buy or discuss model trains. Location in London, ON in the North end.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Greater Toronto Area<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hcry.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Halton County Radial Railway<\/a> &#8220;Ontario&#8217;s Streetcar &amp; Electric Railway Museum&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.steamtrain.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South Simcoe Railway<\/a> Bring the family for an exciting trip aboard a vintage steam train! You&#8217;ll travel through the rolling hills of the scenic Beeton Creek valley, from Tottenham to Beeton and return, on an excursion that takes just under one hour. The trip is highlighted by the Conductor&#8217;s friendly and informative commentary.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/niagara.railfan.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Niagara Railways<\/a> A site for railfans, by railfans. Below you will find many links to guide you through your tour of the Niagara Region of Ontario, and it&#8217;s surrounding areas.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/torontorailwaymuseum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toronto Railway Museum<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans',helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">The Toronto Railway Museum is dedicated to preserving the physical legacy, history and experience of rail transportation in Toronto and Ontario. The museum encompasses Roundhouse Park with Stall 17 as the temporary home of the railway simulator and small artifact display. Don Station houses our gift shop and ticket sales for our Miniature Train ride. Explore the grounds to find our interpretive plaques!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/viahistory.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VIA Historical Association<\/a> The VIA Historical Association (VHA) is excited to announce its first major fundraising campaign. We are purchasing and restoring VIA Rail Canada a FP9A locomotive to lead our 2028 VIA 50th Anniversary heritage train. This will be the first time in history that an F-unit locomotive has been restored to operation in VIA colours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Other<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railfonts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Benn&#8217;s Rail Fonts<\/a> Custom computer fonts to emulate those used on various rail systems.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wcra.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West Coast Railway Association<\/a> A page that&#8217;s not-to-miss if you live out west.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shaylocomotives.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shay Locomotives Reference &amp; Research<\/a> A non-profit web site dedicated to researching and documenting information on Shay Locomotives.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livesteam.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Live Steam &amp; Outdoor Railroading<\/a> A website dedicated to the hobby of live steam!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please note that the Komoka Railway Museum has no control over, and therefore, no responsiblity, concerning the content of any websites other than www.komokarailmuseum.ca Southwestern Ontario North American Railway Hall of Fame Their Mission: To Preserve and Honor Railway Heritage in North America and ensure the future sustainability of the Canada Southern Railway Station (St. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/index.php\/railway-links\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Railway Links<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-127","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":700,"href":"https:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127\/revisions\/700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}