The Museum is opened on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Museum is opened weekdays for groups with reservations only.
The tickets winner of the drawing
- 1st prize, ticket No 0171: A 1st class train trip for 2 people Montreal-Vancouver, provided by VIA Rail Canada.
- 2nd prize, ticket No 0893: A package for 2 aboard the train Le Massif Charlevoix.
- 3rd prize, ticket No 1504: A dinner for 2 in the Orford Express.
Exporail thanks all participants and VIA Rail Canada.
Rotary snowplow
 From January 14, on the week ends only, visitors can climb aboard the Rotary snowplow and learn how this machine cleared the tracks. Builted by the Montreal Locomotive works, this snowplow was used by the Canadian National between 1930 and 1960.
Presented during week ends at 11:30 am, 1:30 pm and 3:30 pm.
Interactive areas
 Children and their parent learn about the people who make trains work. With a Museum guide, they discover the brakeman’s duties like building and taking apart trains or couple cars. Equipped with gloves, they can participate in the inspection of a freight car truck like a carman. They play the trackman and build a section of railroad. They can also imagine themselves at the controls in the streetcar, like the motorman.
Presented during the week ends at 10:30 am and 2:30 pm.
The most important Railway collection
 Exporail presents over 40 vehicles in the Grand Gallery: streetcars, steam and diesel locomotives, passenger and freight cars.
During the week ends, a guided tour is offered at 2:30 pm and provides an opportunity to view luxurious period cars and other rolling stock.
Rocky Mountain Express
A 15 minute presentation of an excerpt from a production currently being shot by Stephen Low, an Imax filmmaker of international repute. The selection features dazzling vistas and sound effects of the Canadian Pacific Railway's 2816 steam locomotive in action in the Canadian Rockies.
Presentation at 11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm and 4 pm.
The Model train exhibit room
 Young and old will enjoy the model train room, especially the new details that are allways being added to the layout by our volunteers.
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