Vancouver Houses Model Train Collection

December 31, 2005

The Granville Island Museum in Vancouver, Canada houses many collectable model trains, photographs and dioramas including: The Royal Hudson, Lionel Trains, “O” Gauge, “G” Gauge, Standard Gauge, Steam Locomotives and Tender, Transcontinental Trains, Brass Locomotives and many more model trains, toy trains and photographs.

The shear size of the model train collection, the detail and hours required to build the 5 line working diorama will take the steam right out of your engines.

The model train museum has an 80-foot-long diorama of Kettle-Valley-like terrain with almost 1000 feet of train track. There are beechwood cabinets lining the walls, filled with sets that run the gamut from turn-of-the-century tin wind-up trains to contemporary collectors’ scale models. The Granville Island model train museum hosts a collection snowblower cars, dining cars and hand made engines that run on small pieces of coal. There is even a rare pink Lionel train set, circa 1958.

Design and building team for the “O” gauge track layout was a team of talented long-term friends. The Granville Island Model Ships, and Model Trains Museum is located on Granville Island in the heart of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.