History of the Railroad in Midland Hey you, I'm still stranded here on one of the 30 000 Islands in Georgian Bay near Midland (Ontario, Canada) and you're my only hope of getting off. You are now a passenger off the Midland Railway Pages. You want to go for a ride? Within these pages you will find neat stuff about the history of Midland's railway. Click on the pictures below to learn more about different locomotives, trains, and railway tracks. Each time you correctly answer a question at the bottom of a page you will help me get one step closer to being rescued. All aboard!

Have fun, learn lots and help me get off the island!!!

History of the Railroad in Midland

This section deals with how the railway got started, who were some of the first people on the train, where it was built and when it closed down. This is a drawing of a locomotive from which they could have used to build a real one. The picture was drawn by Charles B. Van Slyck.
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This section deals with what happend to Midland because of the railway. It describes what the trains looked like and shows the significance of the railway to Midland. This is a picture of a locomotive with three people standing on a slag car.

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Huronia Museum, Little Lake Park, P.O. Box 638, Midland, Ontario, Canada, L4R 4P4.

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