Alberta Railway Museum

Alberta Railway Museum
Location in Edmonton
Established1968
Location24215 34 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Coordinates53°42′08″N 113°22′58″W / 53.7022°N 113.3828°W / 53.7022; -113.3828
TypeTransportation Museum
Websitewww.albertarailwaymuseum.com

The Alberta Railway Museum (reporting mark ARM) is a railway museum in the north end of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It houses a collection of railway equipment and buildings and has locomotives from both the Canadian National Railways (CNR) and Northern Alberta Railways (NAR).[1]

History

The Alberta Railway Museum began by a group of volunteers in 1968; they later relocated in 1975 to their current location, on the former Canadian Northern Railway Coronado Subdivision.[2]

The museum opens from 10 am to 5 pm during the seasons of Victoria Day weekend in May and through Labour Day weekend in September. The museum also offers speeder cars run a during the summer season and also run passenger trains with their locomotives during select weekends, from May, July, August through September.[3] The museum also serves guided and self-guided tours of the property, which lasts approximately 90 minutes.[3] Through the year, volunteers keep the museum operating, with the exception of summer staff.[3] Funding comes from memberships, museum admissions, grants and casinos.[3]

In 2018, the museum celebrated its 50th anniversary.[2] In 2020, the museum was closed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta, but later reopened.[2]

Collection

Locomotives

Locomotive details[4][5][6]
Number / Name Image Type Model Built Builder Status
1392 Steam 4-6-0 1913 Montreal Locomotive Works Stored, awaiting repairs
73 Steam 2-8-0 1927 Canadian Locomotive Company Display
9000 Diesel F3A 1948 Electro-Motive Diesel Operational
302 Diesel GMD1 1959 General Motors Operational
6515/6614 Diesels F7's 1957 General Motors Operational
7944 Diesel NW2 1946 General Motors Operational
4 Diesel 44-ton switcher 1946 GE Transportation Systems Operational
5000 Diesel GP30 1963 General Motors Operational
LaFarge Diesel 44-ton switcher 1956 GE Transportation Systems Operational
4618 Diesel C40-8M 1990 General Electric Operational

Rolling stock

Rolling stock details[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
Number / Name Image Type Built Builder
10648 Express Refrigerator 1957 Marine Industries
11141 Through Baggage car 1942 Canadian Car and Foundry
7815 Mail Express car 1937 Canadian Car and Foundry
8730 Baggage car 1939 Canadian Car and Foundry
17106 Combine Passenger car 1900 Unknown
1454 Mail Express car 1930 Canadian Car and Foundry
1460 Mail Express car 1948 Canadian Car and Foundry
1220 Sleeper car 1943 Pullman Car Company
15029 Rule Instruction car 1916 National Steel Car
Rycroft Sleeper car 1913 Pullman Car Company
Westlock Sleeper car 1917 Pullman Car Company
Dunvegan Bedroom Sleeper car 1907 Barney and Smith Car Company
Regina Sleeper car 1923 Canadian Car and Foundry
Pelee Island Sleeper car 1927 Canadian Car and Foundry
Fort Brabant Sleeper car 1924 Canadian Car and Foundry
46230 Refrigerator car Unknown Unknown
172855 Stock car 1912 Pullman Standard
477871 Boxcar 1939 Canadian Car and Foundry
509893 Boxcar 1930 National Steel Car
512719 Boxcar 1931 Canadian Car and Foundry
17913 Boxcar UnKnown Unknown
6570 Tank car Unknown Unknown
16040 Tank car 1920 Unknown
7379 Combine car Unknown Unknown
16511 Flat car Unknown Unknown
15015 Flat car 1910 Unknown
14040 Ballast car 1919 Hart-Otis
14085 Ballast car Unknown Unknown
16601 Flanger 1914 Unknown
16522 Jordan Spreader 1929 Unknown
68301 Outfit car 1911 Unknown
409748 Outfit car Unknown Unknown
51625 Tanker car Unknown Unknown
69695 Bunk car Unknown Unknown
17050 Bunk car Unknown Unknown
17900 Engineering car 1914 Unknown
17009 Foreman and Tool car 1940 Unknown
17032 Cook Supply car 1911 Canadian Pacific Railway
17062 Cook car 1917 Canadian Pacific Railway
50800 Load test car Unknown Unknown
17092 Boxcar 1911 Canadian Pacific Railway
55245 Snowplow 1952 Russell Car and Snowplow Company
78185 Caboose 1929 CNR Transcona Car Shops
306 Caboose Unknown Unknown
13025 Caboose 1953 Canadian Car and Foundry
50127 Crane 1914 Industrial Works
63017 Crane Unknown Unknown
57611 Idler 1912 Unknown
50387 / 54597 Crane / Idler 1956 Industrial-Brownhoist
51566 Tender 1910 Unknown
28251 Flatcar 1909 Dominion Car and Foundry
58285 Gondola car 1930 National Steel Car
18104 Bunk car Unknown Unknown

See also

References

  1. ^ Home
  2. ^ a b c "Our Timeline". Retrieved 2026-01-18.
  3. ^ a b c d "About the museum". Archived from the original on 2007-06-23. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  4. ^ "Locomotives". www.albertarailwaymuseum.com. Retrieved January 11, 2026.
  5. ^ Franchuk, Kevin (2023-10-06). "Canadian National donates 'Draper Taper' unit to museum". www.trains.com. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  6. ^ "Collection". Archived from the original on 2009-02-15. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  7. ^ "CNR Passenger Train". Archived from the original on 2007-07-11. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  8. ^ "Passenger Cars". www.albertarailwaymuseum.com. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  9. ^ "Special Interest Equipment". Archived from the original on 2010-10-26. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
  10. ^ "Northern Alberta Railways Passenger Train". Archived from the original on 2007-07-11. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  11. ^ "Freight Cars". www.albertarailwaymuseum.com. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  12. ^ "NAR Work Train". Archived from the original on 2007-07-11. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  13. ^ "CNR Prairie Mixed Freight Train". Archived from the original on 2016-03-19. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  14. ^ "Auxiliary Train". Archived from the original on 2016-04-29. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  15. ^ "Maintenance of Way". www.albertarailwaymuseum.com. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
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