Toronto Railway Museum

08/27/2026

Thank you to MP Chi Nguyen for coming by the museum to meet with our Young Canada Works and Canada Summer Jobs seasonal staff. The Government of Canada supported eight positions at the Toronto Railway Museum in 2026!

08/25/2026

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08/23/2026

It seems that there’s always something to attend to here at the Toronto Railway Museum. You’ll see our volunteers out in the park cleaning and painting the rolling stock as well as maintaining the mini train track. Recently our long-serving volunteer Neville has been maintaining our Porter locomotive at the entrance of the museum.

08/21/2026

Looking to get inside the railcars in Roundhouse Park? Guided tours are included with museum admission. Tours take place every hour and are approximately 30 minutes long.

08/17/2026

Mini train season is in full swing at the Toronto Railway Museum! The train runs Thursday through Monday, 11:30 a.m. to 5:20 p.m. New this year are operational crossing arms at the mid-point of the journey around Roundhouse Park. Thanks to our sponsor, HATCH, the crossing arms now alert pedestrians to approaching trains. Tickets are $10 per person, and children age 2 and under ride free.

08/16/2026

Collection highlight - Relay Inspection Gauge
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A Weston-Mil Ammeter relay inspection gauge housed within its own custom-made box. Relay inspection equipment became important tools as flashing lights took over as the most common method of managing the flow of traffic along railway lines in the early 20th century. Each one of these signal lights had a relay attached to them equipped with an emergency battery in case of a system failure. Railway workers used these gauges to conduct an electrical inspection of the relays by connecting the k***s at the bottom of the machine to an electrical value to see if it was functioning properly.

The design for this model of relay inspection gauge dates back to the late 1890s. This particular tester was likely made in the early 1900s, and it continued to be used by Canadian National Railway employees into the 1950s. Decades later, an employee saved this tester from disposal and found that it was still operational even after nearly three-quarters of a century of service.

08/13/2026

Joseph Zhuang is a designer and local history buff based in Toronto. Over the past three years with the TRM, he has created some of our most beloved designs. His work includes our signature rolling stock print, its sticker sheet version, and a print featuring Canadian railway stations, including Don Station. Stop in to browse his latest products. The TRM Shop is open daily 11:30am to 5:30pm.

08/10/2026

Get up close with a steam locomotive! Join us for a guided tour of the rolling stock in Roundhouse Park this summer. Tours are included with admission and visit locomotive 6213, the TH&B Caboose, and the first class passenger car Cape Race. Each guided tour is approximately 30 minutes long, and they depart from the admissions desk daily at 12 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., and 4:30 p.m.

08/09/2026

The mini train runs until 5:20pm during Doggie Fest Toronto | Toronto’s Largest Dog Festival. Join us in Roundhouse Park with your four legged friends. 🐶

07/20/2026

How we roll into work on Monday. 🇨🇦🚆

Join us for a mini train ride around Roundhouse Park every Thursday to Monday this summer from 11:30 am to 5:20 pm. Just $8.85+HST. Children under 2 ride free.