Northern Ontario Railroad Museum

Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre
Established August 31, 1993
Location Capreol in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
Coordinates 46°42′33″N 80°55′27″W / 46.7092°N 80.9242°W / 46.7092; -80.9242
Visitors approx. 10,000 per year
President Wendy Paul
Website www.normhc.ca

The Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre is a rail transport museum located in the community of Capreol in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. The museum's mandate is to provide a unique and educational tourist attraction that preserves and displays the railroading past and heritage of Northern Ontario.

History

The former CN superintendent's house serves as the main site for NORMHC.
Former Capreol Fire Hall, now used as the Heritage Centre.

The Northern Ontario Railroad Museum & Heritage Centre was incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1993. During the months of July and August, the museum initially operated out of the Caboose in Prescott Park with a display of railroad memorabilia. In 1997, the museum acquired the former home of the superintendent of Canadian Northern Railway and Canadian National Railway.

In 2012, the former Capreol fire hall was acquired by the museum. The fire hall was used actively until October 2010. Since it was built in 1923, it has served as the police station and jail, circuit court, temporary housing, council chambers, town offices, credit union and the fire station.[1]

Prescott Park

Prescott Park, named for former mayor of Capreol Harold Prescott, holds the museums locomotive and rolling stock exhibits outdoors, as well as the museum's G-Scale model train outdoor layout.

Train & Rolling Stock Collection

The museum's train collection includes four locomotives, six pieces of rolling stock, as well as several mining cars, handcars, and speeders. The museum currently has the following on display:

Locomotives:

Rolling Stock:

Heritage Centre

The Former Capreol fire hall, located one block east of the main site, is used to house and display the in-process restoration project of the town's first police vehicle purchase, a 1956 Dodge Fargo (used as the police force's paddy wagon and a 1929 Godferson Bickle fire engine.[2] The Fire Hall is also the location of the museum's library and offices, exhibits on the social history of the town and surrounding area, as well as annual exhibits involving different themes, currently showing Capreol's sport history and a vintage toy display.

See also

References

  1. "Capreol Museum Acquires Historic Fire Hall". The Sudbury Star. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  2. "Capreol Railway Shrine Adds Fire Truck". The Sudbury Star. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
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