Elgin County Railway Museum

The Elgin County Railway Museum is a rail transport museum in St. Thomas, Ontario. The museum and most of the collections are housed in the former Michigan Central Railroad locomotive shops.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Joe Thornton Community Centre and Canada Southern Railway Station.

Joe Thornton Community Centre

Sports venue

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Joe Thornton Community Centre is a sports venue, which is situated 340 metres east of Elgin County Railway Museum.

Canada Southern Railway Station

Building

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The Canada Southern Railway Station is a former railway station in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. The station was built by the Canada Southern Railway in 1873 as both a railway station and its corporate headquarters. Canada Southern Railway Station is situated 280 metres northwest of Elgin County Railway Museum.

St. Thomas City Hall

Town hall

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St. Thomas City Hall is a town hall, which is situated 1 km west of Elgin County Railway Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St. Thomas.

St. Thomas

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St. Thomas is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It gained its city charter on March 4, 1881. The city is also the seat for Elgin County, although it is independent of the county. At the time of the 2021 Census, the population of the city was 42,918.

Elgin County Railway Museum

Type: Museum
Description: railway museum in St. Thomas, Ontario
Categories: railway museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: St. Thomas, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude

42.77692° or 42° 46′ 37″ north

Longitude

-81.18298° or 81° 10′ 59″ west

Open location code

86JWQRG8+QR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 196931032

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q5360021

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Highlights include St. Thomas Police Service and Jonas Park.

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