Photo by Mark Girdauskas
The Elgin County Railway Museum and the CASO Station are working together to present St. Thomas Railway Nostalgia Weekend from 10am-4pm, June 23rd and 24th, 2012. It will combine the always popular annual Strawberry Social at the CASO station plus Railway Nostalgia Days into a collaborative affair which will include more to see and do than ever.
Re-live the great railway adventure at the Elgin County Railway Museum and discover local railway heritage with interpreters in vintage costumes.
Re-live the great railway adventure at the Elgin County Railway Museum and discover local railway heritage with interpreters in vintage costumes.
- Tour locomotives, cabooses, and other pieces of railway rolling stock on display outdoors.
- Explore railway artifact displays, the St. Thomas the Railway City exhibit, and historical demonstrations of telegraphy, jigger, gas car and a velocipede.
- Enjoy the train hobby show as well as model railway displays, children’s activities, and music.
- Meet author Ron Brown who will be on hand Sunday, June 24 from 12-3pm to sign his books including his latest, In Search of the Grand Trunk.
Photo by Mark Girdauskas
Additions to this year’s collaborative event will include classic car displays, guided tours of the CASO Station, a Strawberry Social (Saturday morning), displays of nostalgic toys and dolls, and Heritage of the Rails dramatic vignettes (Sunday).
On the railway lands between the Elgin County Railway Museum and the CASO Station there will be antique farm machinery and equipment displays and a train-themed people mover for visitors to ride around the event!
The historic BX Tower on Moore Street will also be open for tours 10 am-4pm during Nostalgia Weekend.
On the railway lands between the Elgin County Railway Museum and the CASO Station there will be antique farm machinery and equipment displays and a train-themed people mover for visitors to ride around the event!
The historic BX Tower on Moore Street will also be open for tours 10 am-4pm during Nostalgia Weekend.
Enter at the The Elgin County Railway Museum located at 225 Wellington Street or the CASO Station, 750 Talbot Street. Event admission is $7 per person, children under 12 years old are admitted free. For more information, visit www.ecrm5700.org or call Dawn Miskelly, Museum Manager at 519-637-6284. The Elgin County Railway Museum gratefully acknowledges the Ministry of Heritage Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage Program for their support of Railway Nostalgia Weekend.
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