CRHA Niagara Division

The Niagara Train Show, hosted admirably by the Niagara Railway Museum again was a great success with lots of railway aficionados as well as young families attending.

The CRHA Niagara booth at the Niagara Train Show was also a great success for us. We offered the following:

• Our promotional boards as used at our plaque unveilings
• A poster board about St.David’s and its railways by Andy Panko
• A continually running Powerpoint presentation in three parts:
  • A few slides about Exporail (our parent organization)
  • Our best slides from our Longest Day excursions over the past few years
  • A slide show about our five current historic plaques
• …. And of course, railway themed baked goods by famous chef Tammy Frakking which sold quite well.

How is success measured beside sales of stuff.  We got three new members signed up!!

Thanks to the leadership of Tammy and a handful of CRHA Niagara members who dropped by to help during the show.

We are looking forward to being there again for the next Niagara Train show in the fall!

CRHA Niagara will have a table at the Niagara Train Show this weekend.

Do come and visit us!

Details of the show are below:

We have now sold out of our 2018 Calendars!

To see what is in the 2018 calendar, click here.

However, some may still be available at a number of hobby shops as follows:

• Just Train Crazy, Beamsville, Ontario – www.justtraincrazy.ca
• Dundas Hobbies, Dundas, Ontario – www.dundasvalleyhobby.ca
• Credit Valley Railway, Mississauga, Ontario –  www.cvrco.com
• George’s Trains, Markham, Ontario – www.georgestrains.com

Call the shops before you visit to make sure they still have copies!

The month of October 2017 saw CRHA Niagara Division unveil three more historic plaques in addition to the two we unveiled in prior years. To read about all of the unveilings and see the content of the plaques, click here!

Plaque #3: Welland Canal Construction Railway at Lock #1

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Plaque #4: NS&T Port Dalhousie Extension in Lakeside Park

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Plaque #5: Stop 13/Electric Park in Welland

For several years now, CRHA Niagara has produced an annual calendar which has always been very popular. Our 2016 calendar (cover shown below) featured photos from professional photographer Bob Chambers. Click here to see the great images in the 2016 calendar.

Watch here for news about the availability of our 2017 Calendar!

On Monday, July 13,  2015 in front of the Community Credit Union in downtown Thorold, Ontario, the Canadian Railway Historical Association (CRHA) dedicated and unveiled the first in a series of NS&T historical plaques in the Niagara Region.  Click here to read more about this historic event.