1906 - 1929

Hints of dining car flirtations and parlour car cigar smoke haunt the vintage trains waiting forever at the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel. Stay in nearby CPR House, once the grand home of the railway's regional superintendent and now a bed and breakfast.

The National Award Winning Canadian Museum of Rail Travel features complete train sets representing various eras of travel including the prestigious million-dollar 1929 ‘TransCanada Limited’. The whole train including dining, sleeping and solarium-lounge cars are on view - much as a deluxe hotel-on-wheels. Nothing comparable to this original vintage set exists anywhere else in the world. Also on display is the 'Soo-Spokane Train Deluxe' of 1907, royal cars, cars-of-state and interpretive cars, totalling 28. Through the use of raised viewing corridors, visitors have easy access to the cars in all types of weather. Guides take visitors on first class tours through the sumptuous interiors of the restored car and buildings to admire the interior design and decoration, and hear about the extensive restoration program.

All of the museum cars are famous for their stained glass, exotic inlaid woods, plush upholstery, wood carpets and brass fixtures. The largest public display of Canadian Pacific Railway china and silverware in Canada is on view in the dining car. The Royal Alexandra Hall in the building complex is also a highlight. This is the 3,000 square foot oak-paneled original Grand Cafe from the sumptuous 1906 CPR's Royal Alexandra Hotel of Winnipeg. This room was saved when the hotel was demolished in 1971.

Open Year-round

Open daily year-round 10 am to 6 pm, April to Thanksgiving in mid-October. In the winter, hours are Tuesday to Saturdays, noon to 5 pm.

Near downtown Cranbrook at 57 Van Horne Street which is also Highway 3/95 South.
Located next to the Prestige Rocky Mountain Resort Hotel.