Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario

The Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario, a rail museum in a former CNoR station, stands on the deserted right-of-way of a Canadian Northern Railway line which as soon as led southwest towards Napanee. Established 1985 because the Smiths Falls Railway Museum, the RMEO works to preserve the 1913 Canadian Northern station and a set of historical rolling stock, gadget and railway memorabilia. The Canadian Northern Railway struggled to construct a third transcontinental railway from Quebec City to Vancouver but ultimately met with monetary ruin. Its belongings have been received via Canadian National Railway, which steadily abandoned much of the network as unprofitable or duplicative of its present lines.

Westward from Ottawa, CNoR operated a line through Pembroke and Algonquin Park and a line via Smiths Falls which included the CNoR-owned Bay of Quinte Railway from Sydenham to Napanee. The lines break up just west of the Canadian Northern Ontario Railway Federal Bridge throughout the Rideau River. While a portion of CNoR line between Smiths Falls and Ottawa stays in Via Rail passenger service, the line beyond Smiths Falls become embargoed in 1979 and deserted, in conjunction with the local station. You can visit this place with your family and loved ones.