North America Railway Hall of Fame, St. Thomas

Name: North America Railway Hall of Fame
Address: St. Thomas, Canada

#6 among attractions in St. Thomas

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North America Railway Hall of Fame is a not-for-profit organization housed in the recently restored Canada Southern Railway Station in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. It was founded to maintain, preserve and honor railway history with the induction into the Hall of Fame of people, events, structures, railway art forms, rolling stock, technical innovations, railway workers and trains, and inventions in the railway history. Incorporated in 1996 its goal is to educate the public about the impact of railway transportation in the categories of "North America," as well as "National", specific to Canada and "Local" ()

Established: 1996 (28 years ago)Coordinates: 42°46'41"N, 81°11'10"W

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North America Railway Hall of Fame – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Elgin County Railway Museum, Elgin Military Museum, Old St. Thomas Church, Jumbo.

~960 ftSE
Specialty museum, Museum
Elgin County Railway Museum, St. Thomas
5 min walk • The Elgin County Railway Museum is a rail transport museum in St. Thomas, Ontario. The museum and most of the collections are housed in the former Michigan Central Railroad locomotive shops.
1.2 miW
Museum, Military museum, History museum
Elgin Military Museum, St. Thomas
31 min walk • The Elgin Military Museum is located in St. Thomas, Ontario. Its mandate is to preserve the local historical record of military service.
1 miW
Church
Old St. Thomas Church, St. Thomas
26 min walk • Built between 1822 and 1824, the St. Thomas Anglican Church, today called the Old St. Thomas Church, is one of the oldest structures in St. Thomas, Ontario The Church was continuously used between its founding and 1877. The church was made a designated heritage property in 1982.
1.1 miW
Monuments and statues, Historical place
Jumbo, St. Thomas
29 min walk • Jumbo the Elephant is a concrete and reinforced steel statue by Canadian artist Winston Bronnum. The statue was commissioned by the city of St. Thomas, Ontario to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Jumbo, a circus elephant that was killed in the community after being struck by a train.
~1850 ftW
City hall
St. Thomas City Hall, St. Thomas
9 min walk • This is a list of National Historic Sites in the province of Ontario. As of July 2021, there were 274 sites designated in Ontario, 39 of which are administered by Parks Canada.
1.2 miW
Neighbourhood
Elgin—Middlesex—London, St. Thomas
32 min walk • Elgin—Middlesex—London is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. It was created in 1996 from Elgin—Norfolk, Lambton—Middlesex, and London—Middlesex ridings. This riding lost territory to London—Fanshawe during the 2012 electoral redistribution.