ABOUT US

The Edmonton Radial Railway Society began in 1980

With a single streetcar, Edmonton 1, we have grown to be one of the largest heritage transit organizations in Canada.


Today, the Edmonton Radial Railway Society has the largest fleet of heritage streetcars in Western Canada and operates two heritage streetcar routes in the city of Edmonton, Alberta Canada.


Affiliations

Alberta Museums Association
Association of Tourist Railroads and Railway Museums
Digital Museums of Canada

Mission Statement

Through the efforts of our volunteer members, to preserve and interpret the history and technology of street railways with particular emphasis on Edmonton's streetcar system.


The organization collects and restores significant artifacts and maintains an operating street railway.


The society co-operates with other museums with similar interests and promotes public awareness of the Edmonton streetcar system.


Acquisition & Restoration

Acquisition

The Edmonton Radial Railway Society is always looking for new streetcars to add to our fleet. We are especially interested in Edmonton streetcars and have already gone throughout the Canadian West to find and acquire them.


Streetcars may be found anywhere, whether in an urban backyard, a farmer's field or in a forgotten warehouse. Sometimes streetcars come up on websites like eBay but often times they are forgotten. If you know of a forgotten streetcar that we can acquire do not hesitate to contact us.


We are also always happy to receive donations of parts for streetcars as we are always trying to add rare and soon to be scarce parts to our inventory.


Restoration

The restoration task is not an easy one as streetcar bodies are usually in decayed condition and it takes many years and countless hours of volunteer work to restore a car back to operational condition. In most cases, simple restoration is out of the question and the respective car has to be fully rebuilt from scratch with the help of the remaining sample pieces. Replacements for missing trucks, motors, controllers, compressors and other vital equipment often has to be searched for around the world or even manufactured in our own workshop. It is therefore not surprising that some projects take as long as 20 years and thousands of volunteer hours to complete.

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