{"id":133,"date":"2018-05-09T09:46:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T13:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/?page_id=133"},"modified":"2024-08-01T11:45:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T15:45:03","slug":"about-the-komoka-railway-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/index.php\/history\/about-the-komoka-railway-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Museum was incorporated in 1980. Its mandate as enshrined in its charter is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To provide suitable facilities for display, restoration, storage and cataloguing of artifacts, records and other items relating to the history, exploration, settlement, development and culture of &#8230; Komoka and area; in particular the influence of the railroads.<\/li>\n<li>To move and restore the nineteenth century Canadian National Railway station to the Komoka Park, to provide the above.<\/li>\n<li>To &#8230; acquire any real or personal property or any rights or privileges which the Corporation may deem necessary in operating the Komoka Railway Museum.<\/li>\n<li>To [pursue] all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainments of the above objects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A portion of the museum is housed in the former Canadian National Railway station in Komoka, Ontario. When purchased as a museum in 1978, the building was moved to its present site north of the CNR tracks and adjacent to the Komoka Community Centre.<br \/>\nMany railroad items are available for close examination including telegraph keys, spike hammers, spike pullers, switch lanterns, steam gauges, a railroad safe, a baggage sleigh and a three-wheel velocipede.<\/p>\n<p>The Museum&#8217;s pride is a 1913 Shay steam locomotive, which is now nearly completely restored. It rests in its own building along with other artifacts. When restored, a pre-1939 steel-sided baggage car will house the gift shop, office and a model railroad display.<\/p>\n<p>A tiny 8 ft by 9 ft (2.4 m x 2.7m) Longwoods flagstop station is also onsite.<br \/>\nSerious researchers are most welcome to browse through the Museum&#8217;s extensive library of books, photos, and newspaper clippings (of which some are published on-line, see below).<\/p>\n<p>Here are some articles about the museum that you may find of interest:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/index.php\/komoka-railway-museum-opens\/\">Komoka Railway Museum Opens, by Lorene C. Waugh (July 1986)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/index.php\/komoka-railway-museum-a-labour-of-love\/\">Komoka Railway Museum a Labour of Love, by Ron Steele, The London Free Press (Date Unknown)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/index.php\/komoka-railway-museum-keeps-growing\/\">Komoka Railway Museum Keeps Growing, by Dave Brock, The Age Dispatch (January 22, 1992)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/index.php\/the-komoka-railway-in-1970\/\">The Railway in 1970, Ken Devine &amp; Ron Davis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/index.php\/komoka-station-poem\/\">Komoka Station &#8211; a Poem, by Alix Vance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/railarticle.jpg\">2005 Article from the Strathroy Age Dispatch by Lorene Waugh (August 24,2005)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/index.php\/charter\/\">Objects of our Corporate Charter (in full)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/index.php\/charter-members\/\">List of Charter Members<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Museum was incorporated in 1980. Its mandate as enshrined in its charter is: To provide suitable facilities for display, restoration, storage and cataloguing of artifacts, records and other items relating to the history, exploration, settlement, development and culture of &#8230; Komoka and area; in particular the influence of the railroads. To move and restore &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/index.php\/history\/about-the-komoka-railway-museum\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":283,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-133","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133","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=133"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":723,"href":"https:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133\/revisions\/723"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.komokarailmuseum.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}