Railway History Mandate: Documents and Information

   
   

1. The Railway Collections
     
   

2. Development of the Railway Museum: 1976 to date
     
    3. National Significance of the Railway Museum and its Collections
     
    4. Context Maps for the railcar collection in Cranbrook & Cranbrook’s location context in the North American railway systems.
     
    5. The Railway Museum Heritage Site & Infrastructure Development
     
    6. The Railway Museum Site Relocation (2002-03)
     
    7. Other Collections & Facilities at the Railway Museum
     
   

8. Other Related Railway Museum Planning Documents
     
    9. The Historic Crowsnest Railway Route of the Canadian Pacific Railway (1898)
     
   

10. Interpretive Video (2000)- The Trans-Canada Limited (1929) (downloadable)
     
    11. Other Museum Site Maps (downloadable in PDF format)
     
    12. Time Travel BC for Historic Trains
   
   

Museum Location

The museum is located on Hwy 3/95 and Baker Street (57 Van Horne Street South) in downtown Cranbrook. There are marked entrances & exits for the parking lots along the front of the Museum, with areas reserved for buses, small cars and RV's.
     
 

Visit the the Trains-Deluxe Website for museum tours, events and information.

 
     
  Copyright
Unless otherwise noted, photographs and images are from the Cranbrook Historical Archives at the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel.
©Cranbrook Archives, Museum and Landmark Foundation, 2011.
 

Last update: 1 September 2011