Friday, July 9, 2010

The Alberta Railway Museum

The Alberta Railway Museum is operated by the Alberta Pioneer Railway Association(APRA). The APRA is a non-profit organization of volunteers whose interest is the collection, preservation, restoration, and interpretation of artifacts that represent the technology and history of the Canadian National and Northern Alberta Railways as well as industrial and short line railways in Western Canada.The APRA was formed in 1968 by a small group of volunteers who operated the Association's equipment out of the Edmonton Transit System Cromdale Car Barns, at 116th Avenue and 80th Street. During the early 1970's the Association moved its equipment to its current location, and created the Alberta Railway Museum. The museum opened in 1976 in an historic spot - on the former Canadian Northern Railway Coronado Subdivision. The Museum is a great place to see the old locomotive history of Canada and Alberta. 

A  picture of one of  the trains that is at the Museum

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