Wainwright Rail Park

 100 Years of ‘the Steel’ in Wainwright

Don McGuire, Robert Greer, CN OBIE

Rail Park plays major role in Wainwright centennial celebration

July 14-20 was a week long celebration, which culminated with a birthday Party in the Park on July 19 at Wallace Park. CN’s safety train, Little Obie was in attendance to provide rides to children.

Sunday July 20th, everyone was invited to Wainwright Rail Park to help us celebrate the centennial of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in Wainwright.

We wrapped up the day, and the week, with two evening performances of The Ties that Bind, a lively melodrama depicting some of the trials and tribulations of joining our great country together with a slender ribbon of wood and steel. The two performances were both very well attended.

 The Ties that Bind

Two Evening Performances, Sunday, July 20

A period melodrama featuring the Canadiana Musical Theatre Co. and entitled, ‘The Ties that Bind’ will wrap up the day with two evening perfomances taking place at the Wainwright Communiplex Theatre, at 7:00 and again at 8:15 PM. See Rail Park Presents for further details.

 Preserving Canada’s Railway Tradition

Situated on a nine acre site adjacent to CN’s main line, Wainwright Rail Park captures a glimpse of Canada’s railway tradition through the real life depiction of a working rail yard where modellers and enthusiasts can picture the shape of things railroad from the near and distant past.

Artefacts are currently displayed in a speeder shed, a 24 x 40 foot year-round museum building, an 8 man bunkhouse, and a 30 x 40 building to house larger year-round displays, currently under development.

Wainwright Rail Park is located on Canola Road on the south side of CN’s Wainwright Yard. Canola Road can be easily accessed from Highway 14 by taking either 1st Street (Camp Road) over the overpass, or 14th street. We are located just east of Bunge Foods edible oil plant.

 Crossbuck

The Crossbuck

The Crossbuck may be downloaded in Adobe PDF format using the links below. These are large files, and may take a few moments on slow connections. Downloading is recommended. Simply ‘right-click’ the link, and choose “Save Target As” to save a copy of the file on your local disk drive. Adobe® Reader® required for viewing.