{"id":200492,"date":"2025-05-13T09:18:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T15:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/edmonton\/?p=200492"},"modified":"2026-04-18T10:28:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T16:28:37","slug":"alberta-railway-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/edmonton\/alberta-railway-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta Railway Museum Open for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Choo Choo! The Alberta Railway Museum is opening for another season on Saturday, May 17, 2025. A rustic outdoor display of railway equipment and buildings, the museum replicates a small terminal with station, water tank and shops. The main emphasis is on cars and locomotives from the Canadian National Railways (CNR), Northern Alberta Railways (NAR) and industrial and short line railways.<\/p>\n<p>Using the grounds map, take yourself on a self\u2010guided tour and allow at least 90 minutes to go back in time \u2013 train travel time that is.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Experience the past in a fun, hands-on and interactive fashion<\/li>\n<li>Over 75 cars and locomotives on site with many to walk through and explore<\/li>\n<li>Take a ride on a vintage train or speeders, and see examples of railway maintenance of way equipment<\/li>\n<li>Learn more through the archives of railway history<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Alberta Railway Museum:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> Open from Victoria Day weekend (May 17, 2025) to Labour Day Weekend<br \/>\n<strong>Time:<\/strong> 10 AM &#8211; 5 PM; Summer Weekends Only (including holiday Monday&#8217;s)<br \/>\n<strong>Address:<\/strong> 24215 \u2013 34 St NW, Edmonton<br \/>\n<strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/albertarailwaymuseum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">albertarailwaymuseum.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Choo Choo! The Alberta Railway Museum is opening for another season on Saturday, May 17, 2025. A rustic outdoor display of railway equipment and buildings, the museum replicates a small terminal with station, water tank and shops. 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