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Online Lectures

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, 2023The Railways that Spurred Early Oil’s Expansion*
December 15, 2022Train Tracks to Ski Tracks
November 17, 2022Building Toronto: Railways and the Development of Toronto
September 15, 2022A History of Toy Trains*
August 18, 2022Railway Technology in the Canadian First World War Effort*
July 21, 2022Museum Spotting: A Virtual Tour of Canada’s Railway Museums
June 16, 2022Algonquin Park and the Railways*
May 19, 2022Royal Train Tours of Canada in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth II*
April 21, 2022The Missing Millionaire: The Ambrose Small Saga*
March 17, 2022Diversity and Inclusion: Choose to Change
February 17, 2022Trains in the Movies: Behind the Scenes of Iron Road*
January 20, 2022Dining on the Train: From Soot to Soufflé*
December 16, 2021Christmas and the Railways: Keeping the Holidays on Track*
November 18, 2021George Paginton: Life and Work*
October 20, 2021Through The Window of a Train*
September 29, 2021All Aboard the Safety Train: Railway Safety in Canada
August 19, 2021Fighting For Freedom: The Railway Weaves Through Black Canadian History*
July 21, 2021Rails Through Aurora
June 17, 2021The Crowd Went Wild! Canadian Baseball’s Love Affair with the Railway*
May 13, 2021The Ties That Bind: In Partnership with The Foundation To Commemorate Chinese Railroad Workers In Canada
April 21, 2021Royal Train Tours of Canada*
October 1, 2020Toronto’s Union Stations, Part 2
September 3, 2020Toronto’s Union Stations, Part 1
August 6, 2020Steam Locomotives of John Street, Part 2
July 23, 2020Steam Locomotives of John Street, Part 1
June 25, 2020Toronto’s Locomotive Roundhouses, Part 2
May 28, 2020Toronto’s Locomotive Roundhouses, Part 1
May 12, 2020Don 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:

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