Nova Scotia, on Canada's Atlantic Coast, is also called "Canada's Ocean
Playground". The Province is steeped in a rich and varied history, as its original
Mi'kmaq people were joined by French Acadian settlers, British Loyalists, Scottish
Highlanders, German and French Protestants, Irish peasants fleeing famine and later by
Italian and Polish miners.
The Province boasts many firsts, including the first responsible government (as opposed to
British colonial government) in Canada, the first free press in Canada and the oldest
university outside Britain in the former British Empire. Nova Scotians have a rich
maritime history having built the world's largest wooden ship and the North Atlantic's
fastest fishing schooner. Samuel Cunard, founder of the Cunard Steamship Company was born
in Halifax. Fortress Louisburg and the Halifax Citadel are excellent restorations which
portray life two hundred, or more, years ago.
Nova Scotia also has a rich and varied railway history, boasting one of the earliest
railways in Canada to use steam locomotives (at the Albion Mines in Pictou County) and
what was once North America's most intensively worked coal railway (the Sydney and
Louisburg RR). "The Ocean Limited" was introduced in 1904 by the Intercolonial
Railway to provide first-class passenger service between Halifax and Montreal. Remarkably,
history can still be experienced today in Nova Scotia. Now thoroughly modernized, VIA
Rail's "Ocean" continues to provide this service and is perhaps unique in being
a named passenger train that has run for over a century.
The Nova Scotia Railway Heritage Society is delighted to help introduce you to some of the
railway history of Nova Scotia and to some of the museums in which you can relive past
railway glories of one of Canada's most history-rich provinces. Kindly browse through the
remainder of this site to learn about these museums. If you need more information, please
contact the President, Jay Underwood.
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We are proud to announce that the Nova Scotia Railway Heritage Society's website was
the winner of the Canadian Railroad Historical Association's 2005 Media Award.
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EVENTS CALENDAR:
11 February 2010:
NSRHS slide show held at St. Margaret of Scotland Church, 3761 Robie Street in Halifax.
For more information, please contact bill.linley@gmail.com
11 March 2010:
NSRHS slide show held at St. Margaret of Scotland Church, 3761 Robie Street in Halifax.
For more information, please contact bill.linley@gmail.com
08 April 2010:
NSRHS slide show held at St. Margaret of Scotland Church, 3761 Robie Street in Halifax.
For more information, please contact bill.linley@gmail.com
24-25 April 2010:
OrangeRail 2010 - Spring work days and media show at the Orangedale
Station Museum, 5 minutes from Exit 4 of the Trans Canada Highway, Route 105 in Cape
Breton. Contact Martin Boston 902 756-2539.
13 May 2010:
NSRHS slide show held at St. Margaret of Scotland Church, 3761 Robie Street in Halifax.
For more information, please contact bill.linley@gmail.com
20-23 MAY 2010:
The local club is preparing to host the Maritime Federation of Model Railroaders
Convention from Thursday to Sunday, May 20-23, 2010 here in Saint John, New Brunswick. We
have invited members of the Northeastern Region (NER) of the NMRA to join us for a joint
convention that will enable model railroaders from both sides of the border to meet and
enjoy an exceptional convention program.
10 June 2010:
NSRHS slide show held at St. Margaret of Scotland Church, 3761 Robie Street in Halifax.
For more information, please contact bill.linley@gmail.com
26 June 2010 (Saturday):
Orangedale Model Railway Day - layouts, dealers and a bbq. For more information contact orangedale.station@gmail.com
19 September 2010 (Sunday):
Orangedale 124th Anniversary Day - show and sale
23-24 October 2010:
OrangeRail - Fall Slide Show and Season Closing
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Start-up funding came in part from the Strategic
Development Initiative Program of the Nova Scotia Department of Tourism and Culture.
On-going funding comes from membership fees from museums and individuals and from
donations. For more information about becoming a member or making a donation click 
