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Christmas on the Rails – December 5, 2026
Saturday, December 5, 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Ride into the holiday season with us! We’re opening our doors one last time until the spring for a...
Christmas on the Rails – December 6, 2026
Sunday, December 6, 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Ride into the holiday season with us! We’re opening our doors one last time until the spring for a unique...
Christmas on the Rails – December 12, 2026
Saturday, December 12, 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Ride into the holiday season with us! We’re opening our doors one last time until the spring for a...
Christmas on the Rails – December 13, 2026
Sunday, December 13, 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Ride into the holiday season with us! We’re opening our doors one last time until the spring for a...
50 Years of Public Operations at the Streetcar Museum
Our museum, the Halton County Radial Railway, has entered it's 50th year of public service! On June 25th, 1972, the Official Opening ceremonies were...
Ontario’s Lost Electric Railways
Our museum's Social Media Manager Trevor Parkins-Sciberras has been creating this series of history articles called "Ontario's Lost Electric...
Lost Electric Railways: Niagara Falls, ON
Article #6 in the series "Ontario's Lost Electric Railways" will take a look at Niagara Falls. This will include photos of the Niagara Falls Park...
Lost Electric Railways: Paris, Ontario
Our 5th article in the historical series "Ontario's Lost Electric Railways" will focus on Paris, Ontario, which is located along the Grand River in...
Lost Electric Railways: Grand River at Blue Lake
For article #4 in our historical series "Lost Electric Railways of Ontario" we'll be looking at the east side of the Grand River near Blue Lake,...
Lost Electric Railways: Queenston, Ontario
Long before the arrival of electrical railways, the first railway in Upper Canada was the Erie & Ontario Railway, locally known as the Chippawa-Queenston Railway. The railway began service between Chippawa and Niagara Falls in 1839, with the line reaching Queenston in 1841.
Lost Electric Railways: St. Thomas, ONT
Introduction Continuing our series of articles about Ontario's lost electric railways, today we'll be taking a look St. Thomas, the Railway City!...
TTC Exhibit at the Ex – 1984
1984 was a year of celebration for the City of Toronto as it turned 150 years old! To contribute to the special anniversary, the TTC's held an...
TTC Exhibit at the Ex – 1967
To celebrate Canada's centennial in 1967, the TTC exhibited part of it's historic fleet at Exhibition Place during the CNE. This included 2...
Lost Electric Railways: Brantford, Ontario
INTRODUCTION Brantford is part 2 of our series of history articles titled "Lost Electric Railways of Ontario." If you haven't seen it yet, please...
Lost Electric Railways: Simcoe, Ontario
INTRODUCTION This article is part of the LOST ELECTRIC RAILWAYS OF ONTARIO series, and will focus on photographs taken in specific towns and cities...
The Odyssey of Interurban #8
One of our museum's artifacts, London & Port Stanley Railway interurban #8, has been on a long and eventful odyssey through time since it was...
Transit Exhibit at the Ex – 1978
In 1978 the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), also known as Toronto's Exhibition (the Ex), turned 100 years old! That same year the Toronto...
HCRR 60th Anniversary Celebration
The museum celebrated its 60th Anniversary on July 19, 2014. And what a day it was! Festivities included a Community Fair and Silent Auction,...