A Visit Inside the Stable of The Iron Horses That Placed St. Thomas on the Map of
The North American Railroad Hub
Bongo Boy Music Group, Monique
Grimme and Emidio Vaz visited
The Elgin County Railway
Museum; a rail transport museum
in St. Thomas, Ontario.
We made an appointment to schedule
our visit. The morning was filled with
a complete education about the
railroad. We walked in between the
black massive iron locomotives, these
horses of steel were such an important
part of the prosperity of St. Thomas,
London, and Port Stanley. We walked
right in to history and we tasted it.
We also scheduled a shoot photo for
this magazine article we also took
photos for Bongo Boy Music Group
upcoming compilation campaigns.
Inside the Museum we introduced
ourselves to the friendly staff as after
all we are also a local business that
desires to educate people about St.
Thomas and its’ rich history.
(Photo Emidio Vaz and Monique Grimme
Bongo Boy Music Group – Canada)
The location of the museum once employed over 400 workers. The smell of iron was hanging in
the air that morning.
Outside the
temperature already
read 90F by the time
we entered the
locomotive shops.
The main building
reminded us of a steel
factory with the steel
beams and concrete
floor; all totally a
52,000 square foot
building located in the
center of St. Thomas.