| Northern Ontario Railroad Museum | |
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| Established | 1993 |
| Location | Capreol in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. |
| Type | Railroad Museum |
| Website | www.NorthernOntarioRailroadMuseum.ca |
The Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre is located in the community of Capreol in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. The museum's mandate is to provide a unique and educational tourist attraction that preserves and displays the railroading past and heritage of Northern Ontario.
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The museum's building was built in 1916 and served as the home for the superintendent of Canadian National Railway for most of its life. In 1997 the town of Capreol purchased it to be turned into a museum.
Named for former mayor of Capreol who donated the land, Harold Prescott, this park holds the Northern Ontario Railroad Museum's train exhibit.
CN 6077 was built in 1944 by Montreal Locomotive Works and with its tender weighs three hundred and twenty tons . It can hold 11,700 gallons of water and could reach speeds of 125 mph (201 km/h). After years of hard work trying to get a steam engine on display in Capreol former mayor Harold Prescott was told in 1966 that the locomotive would be given as a gift to the city from the Canadian National Railway[1]
This 50 ton type electric engine was built by Westinghouse Electric in 1919. It was formerly owned by The Hydro-Electric Power Commission Ontario Hydro and used for the Queenston Chippewa power generator. It was bought by International Nickel in July 1926. It was retired by INCO in 1998 and donated to be put on display at the Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre.
The displays in the museum are all Northern Ontario railroad artifacts. Most of them have been donated by people in the community.
The Museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada. Steam Engine 6060 website