05-14-2011, 02:35 PM
Well, it could go either way...
At the Smith's Falls Railway Museum, the museum's entire trackage is cut off from the rest of the world. Only way for locos or rolling stock to get in or out now is by truck. So it is self-contained in that sense.
On the other hand, at the Museum of Science and Tech in Ottawa, the entire " industry" is about 500m of track on which you can ride up and down in a passenger car or caboose. However, there is still a rail connection to the outside world, and (theoretically) there could be interchange. They have in the past received rolling stock by rail, and CPR1201 which used to run excursion service in the Ottawa Valley got parked in the loco barn (hopefully not permanently). It is possible too that they might receive supplies, replacement parts and so on by rail.
Andrew
At the Smith's Falls Railway Museum, the museum's entire trackage is cut off from the rest of the world. Only way for locos or rolling stock to get in or out now is by truck. So it is self-contained in that sense.
On the other hand, at the Museum of Science and Tech in Ottawa, the entire " industry" is about 500m of track on which you can ride up and down in a passenger car or caboose. However, there is still a rail connection to the outside world, and (theoretically) there could be interchange. They have in the past received rolling stock by rail, and CPR1201 which used to run excursion service in the Ottawa Valley got parked in the loco barn (hopefully not permanently). It is possible too that they might receive supplies, replacement parts and so on by rail.
Andrew