Railway Coastal Museum Info & Events
November 18, 2011
Downtown tax free was a roaring success for the Railway Coastal Museum! We had Christmas cookies and festive drinks to keep our customer’s belly’s full while they browsed our great selection of jewellery!
More new Steelx is on the way so keep your eyes open for new accouncements!
This event went over so well we may even do it again sometime before Christmas!
November 4, 2011
HALLOWEEN AT THE RCM
We had a fun time celebrating the ghost train on Sunday. The kids snuck along the train filled with ghouls and vampires learning a little bit about each car on the ghost train, most importantly which cars to avoid. After tip toeing the length of the train we enjoyed some Halloween games like Witch hat ring toss, eyeball bounce and find the hidden pumpkins. No one left empty handed – each child got a treat bag with prizes and goodies. After the games we watched Cinders and Rosie learn an important Halloween lesson about returning what is not yours and we topped off the day making spooky ghosts out of cheese cloth and spoons.
Below are some photos of the event.
Pictures of the puppets in costume, the ghoulish galley aboard the ghost train, some trains enjoying eye ball bounce, the spooky spoon ghosts, and our Halloween train crew!
August 7, 2011
Come One Come All!
This year the Railway Coastal Museum will be participating in Doors Open. It’s another chance to visit us for free and take part in some fun activities! Doors Open is taking place on August 27th and 28th from 10 – 4. A listing of events is posted below:
Saturday August 27th 2011
All Day Event: Man Hunt Scavenger Hunt – find the answers and enter to win an in-house draw for 1 of 5 goodie bags!
10:00: Tour of the train diorama – come see how the Newfie Bullet looked in the 1940s – learn some tidbits along the way
11:00: First puppet show of the day – followed by fun train crafts! (crafts till 12)
12:00: Race your Thomas Train & Face painting!
1:00: Puppet Show and train crafts! (crafts till 2)
2:00: Tour of the Train Diorama
3:00: Puppet Show and train crafts! (crafts till 4)
3:30: Man Hunt prize draw
4:00: Wrap up of Doors Open Activities
Sunday August 28th 2011
All Day Event: Man Hunt Scavenger Hunt – find the answers and enter to win an in-house draw for 1 of 5 goodie bags!
10:00: Tour of the train diorama – come see how the Newfie Bullet looked in the 1940s – learn some tidbits along the way
11:00: First puppet show of the day – followed by fun train crafts! (crafts till 12)
12:00: Musical Friends (till 2) & Face painting!
1:00: Games! Pin the Moose on the Caboose, Conductor Simon Says, & With Closed Eyes
2:00: Tour of the Train Diorama
3:00: Puppet Show and train crafts! (crafts till 4)
3:30: Man Hunt prize draw
4:00: Wrap up of Doors Open Activities
Please note that photos will be taken during this event to be posted on facebook and the blog.
June 21, 2011
Windows On the West 2011!
Saturday June 25!
The Railway Coastal is proud to announce its participation in Windows On the West
Throughout the day the museum will be offering lots of great activities and stories!
The Windows on the West Scavenger Hunt starts at the Railway Coastal Museum! Come pick up your map and explore the West End with your kids!
Also at the museum tours & stories from railway pensioners All Day!
The employee database is up and running! If you wondered if your relatives ever worked on the trains – come find out!
There will be 3 puppet shows throughout the day followed by make your own puppet crafts!
We will be debuting A Sweet Day On the Hopedale, a freshly recorded version of Dog In the Fog, and everyone’s favourite new puppet show Moose on Caboose!
Also, the gift shop will be celebrating with us with 15% off STEELX, and continuing 50% off of semi precious stones!
Gem, Rosie & Molly
Wisher, Belinda Beaver, Section Man Dave, Molly, Gem & Cinders
Wisher, Capt. Joe & Pirate Paddy
August 11, 2010
We have a large collection of photos in storage at the RCM, with many shots of trains and coastal boats. Unfortunately, we have only a few photos of the interior of train cars, we have no interior shots of coastal boats, and we have no interior shots of the St. John’s train station (where the museum is located). It is very possible that someone out there has such photos stored somewhere. So, we are putting out a call for these photos. We would love to see them. If you have any images that you would like to share with us, please contact us by phone or e-mail. Just click the “About” button at the top of this page for our contact information.
July 4, 2010
As part of the City of St. John’s birthday celebrations, Windows on the West End was an overwhelming success. Hundreds of people came out to enjoy a fun-filled day of scavenger hunting, puppet shows, conservation demonstrations, face-painting, music and fabulous food! All taking place in our historic venues. Please revisit your local attractions and enjoy all that the West End of downtown St. John’s has to offer!
June 11, 2010
Andrea Hearn, a designer for the Junos, fell in love with the Steelx jewellery that she saw in the Railway Coastal Museum.She loved it so much that she took twenty items for her models to wear for the planned parenthood fundraiser during Juno week.This took place at the Masonic Temple on Cathedral Street.It was a silent auction and an evening of entertainment from belly dancing to singing to viewing up and coming film makers.This was very exciting for us and we also donated a piece of Preciosa for the silent auction.We love to be involved in community affairs in any way we can.This promoted our museum and our Steelx jewellery.It was an awesome event.
May 28, 2010
LaBrea changes its Steelx line from season to season.We get new products in our flyers around late November,in the Summer and in the Fall.Our newest catalogue has what is called the ‘o’ series,the Mecanix for men and the Cobalt Blue line .Steelx has added the cobalt blue with steel and it is very eye popping.We have earrings,some rings and some bangles in this color.The Mecanix for men is all about designing your own bracelet or necklace.You choose which pendant to add and we have many to choose from.The ‘o’ series features dangly ‘o’ earrings and long necklaces with ‘o’s ….very interesting and unique.
May 20, 2010
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It’s been a great season once again for our children’s birthday parties here at the museum. Boys and girls alike enjoy the train-themed party in a real train station. Between “waking up the model train” and the puppet show with Cinders the Moose, we hope to spark the interest of our young visitors in their local museum.
May 19, 2010
Anyone remember the Trouter's Special?
On May 5, the Railway Coastal Museum held Volunteer Appreciation Day for the men and women who worked on railway and coastal boat services in Newfoundland, and who now generously give their time to enrich visitors’ experiences at the museum. By sharing their unique memories, they bring life to the museum’s exhibits and give us a better understanding of what it was like not only to work for the railway and the coastal boats, but also what it was like to live in Newfoundland and Labrador when the province relied so heavily on those services. For being so kind, generous, and helpful, we owe our volunteers much gratitude.
Our volunteers: Charlie Chaytor, June Churchill, Wayne Greenland, Larry Hickey, Graham Hill, Rod Keeping, Fabian Kennedy, Cliff Langdon, Jim Maddigan, Ron McCarthy, Alban Murphy, Charlie Murphy, Gerry Murphy, Bill Nelson, Anne Peddle, Ralph Peddle, Bill Penney, Harold Piercey, Captain Joe Prim, Joe Sheehan, Robert Stacey, and Dave Trask.
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