Category: | Museum, Park, Store, Point of interest, Establishment, Tourist attraction, |
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Address: | 400 Central Ave, Fort Erie, ON L2A 3T6, Canada |
Postal code: | L2A 3T6 |
Phone: | (905) 894-5322 |
Website: | http://www.forterie.ca/pages/FortErieRailwayMuseum |
Monday: | Closed |
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Tuesday: | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM |
Wednesday: | Closed |
Thursday: | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM |
Friday: | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM |
Saturday: | Closed |
Sunday: | Closed |
This was one of the places we would always stop at when my family and I would travel to the Niagara Region for our summer vacation when I was a kid. Stopped in to reconnect with my youth as well as with the memory of my dad (he used to work as a fireman on 4-8-4s out of Hornpayne back in the day). It was a bit of an emotional visit. Sadly to to preservation work being done/needed you can't enter the locomotive cab or the caboose at this time.
I am always amazed at just how big steam engines are the drive wheels on this are 6 feet in diameter.
Great spot for a walk about. Relocated train station from Ridgeway. Locomotive. And plane in Sugarbowl Park with dog park, pond, walking park and lots of green space. Beautiful
Fun little museum great for kids and railway lovers.
I wish it were bigger and had more info about the history of the place. Great old engine that is sitting there but not much else to discover. I believe the old Grand Trunk Line was not far from this site.