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St. Thomas Launches $8 Million Plan to Restore Shops

By Drooid · Sep 20, 2026, 6:17 PM UTC · How we work

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St. Thomas, Ontario, launches an $8 million campaign to restore the 1913 Michigan Central locomotive shops.
City engineers closed the Elgin County Railway Museum because walls bowed and the ceiling became unsafe.
A 1990 federal order still requires CN to replace a missing diamond, leaving the connection undone.
Ontario also plans to restore Northlander passenger service between Toronto and northeastern Ontario, a decade after cancellation.

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St. Thomas, Ontario, launches an $8 million campaign to restore the 1913 Michigan Central locomotive shops.
City engineers closed the Elgin County Railway Museum because walls bowed and the ceiling became unsafe.
A 1990 federal order still requires CN to replace a missing diamond, leaving the connection undone.
Ontario also plans to restore Northlander passenger service between Toronto and northeastern Ontario, a decade after cancellation.