Experience the Toronto Railway Museum from home! Each month, the Toronto Railway Museum holds online lectures on topics related to Toronto’s railways.
To check out our next lecture, visit our Events Calendar.
Then, you can see a list of online lectures from the past here:
| January 19, 2023 | The Railways that Spurred Early Oil’s Expansion* |
| December 15, 2022 | Train Tracks to Ski Tracks |
| November 17, 2022 | Building Toronto: Railways and the Development of Toronto |
| September 15, 2022 | A History of Toy Trains* |
| August 18, 2022 | Railway Technology in the Canadian First World War Effort* |
| July 21, 2022 | Museum Spotting: A Virtual Tour of Canada’s Railway Museums |
| June 16, 2022 | Algonquin Park and the Railways* |
| May 19, 2022 | Royal Train Tours of Canada in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth II* |
| April 21, 2022 | The Missing Millionaire: The Ambrose Small Saga* |
| March 17, 2022 | Diversity and Inclusion: Choose to Change |
| February 17, 2022 | Trains in the Movies: Behind the Scenes of Iron Road* |
| January 20, 2022 | Dining on the Train: From Soot to Soufflé* |
| December 16, 2021 | Christmas and the Railways: Keeping the Holidays on Track* |
| November 18, 2021 | George Paginton: Life and Work* |
| October 20, 2021 | Through The Window of a Train* |
| September 29, 2021 | All Aboard the Safety Train: Railway Safety in Canada |
| August 19, 2021 | Fighting For Freedom: The Railway Weaves Through Black Canadian History* |
| July 21, 2021 | Rails Through Aurora |
| June 17, 2021 | The Crowd Went Wild! Canadian Baseball’s Love Affair with the Railway* |
| May 13, 2021 | The Ties That Bind: In Partnership with The Foundation To Commemorate Chinese Railroad Workers In Canada |
| April 21, 2021 | Royal Train Tours of Canada* |
| October 1, 2020 | Toronto’s Union Stations, Part 2 |
| September 3, 2020 | Toronto’s Union Stations, Part 1 |
| August 6, 2020 | Steam Locomotives of John Street, Part 2 |
| July 23, 2020 | Steam Locomotives of John Street, Part 1 |
| June 25, 2020 | Toronto’s Locomotive Roundhouses, Part 2 |
| May 28, 2020 | Toronto’s Locomotive Roundhouses, Part 1 |
| May 12, 2020 | Don Station: Little Station, Big History |
*Indicates this lecture is available as a recording! Please contact us at manager@trha.ca to purchase. Lectures are $10+HST.
We’d like to thank our local businesses and supporters who have donated prizes to this series:
- Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society & Black Mecca Museum
- Amherstburg Freedom Museum
- Operation Lifesaver
- Glad Day Bookshop
- Sellers and Newel Second-Hand Books
- Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives
- The Ultimate Dining Card
- Java Roasters
- Toronto Blue Jays
- Steam Whistle Brewing
- Palmerston Railway Museum
- Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum
- Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada
- Art Gallery of Hamilton
- VIA Rail
- Ancestry.ca