Cool Trains....

 

Among some recent "iGadget" pics from this hot afternoon (6/21). And yes, my friends "the gang of six" happened to be visiting my fair locale.

I thought we'd check out Union Station where all the transcontinental VIA Rail trains stop over along the way west or east. It also serves as the southern terminus for the train heading north to Churchill.

Union Station also serves as the main spot for the Railway Museum and Gift Shop:

Climb the stairs of the historicVia Rail Union Station to tracks 1 & 2 where you will discover the only museum in Winnipeg dedicated to the preservation of Manitoba's rail heritage. See where it all began. View the first steam locomotive on the Canadian Prairies, The Countess of Dufferin. Continue on and view an early-generation diesel locomotive just like the ones still used today.

Approximately 37,500 square feet is filled with many railway artifacts. [...] There are 2 tracks filled from end to end of the museum which are both 750 feet in length. Tracks 1 & 2 which both contain actual trains and equipment. Then there are platforms 1 & 2 which are both filled with displays, artifacts and railway related vehicles, trucks, fire trucks from both railways.

Besides, where we were, it's the nearest place that has air-conditioning!



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