Railway Days, The Winnipeg Railway Museum, Sept 17 2011

Leif Norman

The Winnipeg Railway Museum

(and some old streetcar tracks from Winnipeg’s history)

In the VIA Rail Station (Union Station) at 123 Main street, Winnipeg

A collection of excellent old trains and railway stuff from long ago.

Winnipeg has a history of being a transportation and railway hub and it’s all collected here!

Construction at Broadway and Osborne has uncovered some streetcar tracks so I got some pics to record them.

Winnipeg's historic Via Rail Station. Or Union Station

 

Railway Days in Winnipeg 2011

 

The Winnipeg Railway Museum

 

The giant hall of the VIA rail station in Winnipeg, Union Station

 

Up the stairs to the Railway Museum

 

Hours of operation for the Winnipeg Railway Museum

 

 

The Winnipeg Railway Museum

 

Excellent looking old railway car

 

A car on railway wheels

 

 

 

 

 

There are big AND little trains at the Winnipeg Railway Museum

 

 

The Countess of Dufferin, built by Baldwin Locomotive Works 1872

 

The Countess of Dufferin, built by Baldwin Locomotive Works 1872

 

 

 

 

They were selling hot dogs in the back of the train station

 

The Winnipeg Railway Museum

 

Canadian Pacific

 

Waiting lounge chairs from the 70's?

 

 

 

 

The ornate floor in Winnipeg's Union Station, built 1911

 

Winnipeg's Union Station, built 1911

 

Some Italian Marble in Winnipeg's VIA rail station, aka Union Station

 

Winnipeg's Union Station, built 1911

 

Buried Winnipeg Streetcar tracks at Broadway and Osborne

 

Project 356. The effort to restore a Winnipeg Streetcar from 1909

 

Project 356. The effort to restore a Winnipeg Streetcar from 1909

 

Buried Winnipeg Streetcar tracks at Broadway and Osborne

 

 

 

 

 

Buried Winnipeg Streetcar tracks at Broadway and Osborne