Preserving
and Celebrating Our Past ...
Welcome
to the Official website of the Palmerston Railway Heritage Museum! The Museum has recently received several new photos. Donations of photos are welcome, and will be posted on the website. Save this date! The Barn Dance Show Norgan Theatre, Palmerston Thursday, November 17, 2011 Tickets: $25 Support the Barn Dance Show -- tickets are now available. All proceeds will be directed toward the running of the Palmerston Railway Heritage Museum. Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Pedestrian Bridge  A brief notice in the Palmerston news article from the Listowel Banner confirms our belief that the Palmerston Pedestrian Bridge was completed in 1912. "The approach to Queen Street at the GTR Station has been shut off and the footbridge is now being used by the public" 1 August 1912 Join us on August 10, 11 and 12, 2012 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Palmerston's famous pedestrian bridge which has served the community for a century. Our bridge is the only remaining bridge of this type in Ontario. A big Thank You goes out to Cyrus Farquharson. Thanks Cyrus for your
generous donation of your book "My
Railroad Years." Hope to see you the summer of 2011. This
group, known as the “rip track crew”, operated out of the car shops. The picture was taken back when the Canadian National Railway was a major engine centre in Palmerston.
Back Row (L->R ) Jack Mavety, Clarence Haddock, Charles Donnelly, Frank Lambier, Bob Honsinger, Clarence Mennie, Ernie Howard, Jim Robinson, Mel Fleet, Herb Wolfe, Alex Dick, Nelson Honsinger, Ron Kelly, Syd Parsons
 Betty Manning of Drumheller, AB sent this postcard which was sent to her grandmother (Janet Haddow nee Kells) on August 19, 1909. Her grandmother lived in Drayton at the time.  The Palmerston Station as it was in 1955. Baggage and mail carts await the arrival of regularly scheduled freight trains. The era of the steam engine will soon end. "Old 81" TURNS 100 Check out the link to "History of...The Railroad" 
The ``Magna Carta`` of early Ontario Railway
history (Used with permission of the Guelph Museum) The town of Palmerston
has a very unique history in Southwestern Ontario. When the railways
began to extend to this part of the province the vast majority of towns
already existed when the railway lines were built; as a result the
stations were built on the outskirts of the towns. Palmerston, however,
came into existence in the 1870's with the arrival of the Wellington,
Grey & Bruce Railway. Since the town was built around the railroad,
the town of Palmerston has the smallest main street in Southwestern
Ontario, as well as the longest Pedestrian
Bridge in all of Ontario The museum itself is unique
as we are the only Railway Museum in Wellington County.
The museum has on
display numerous
railway and Victorian artifacts that have been kindly donated by members
of the community and surrounding areas.
We also host a large library of railway books which are located in our Genealogy
room. The museum has numerous railway records and has begun to collect
microfilm resources which can be accessed by individuals who wish to
research their family history and discover ancestral ties to the
railroad. |
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