Museum Finale

 Today we wrap up this visit to the Museum of Science and Technology.

A steam engine, and one we saw early on in this series from the other side.

The locomotives do impress the visitor.

There is a space near the Museum entrance with this display. Pressing panels down below lights up what's above, a simulation of the Northern Lights, with colours shimmering. I hope you have enjoyed this visit.

Steam Power

 A look inside the next cab over.

The control area in this locomotive is glassed off.

In the heat of summer, these would be a sauna. The two men working would need cold water, and would store food here for their meals as the train would run.

Looking out across at another locomotive.

Here we have a model of the SS Glencoe, a steamer that worked off Newfoundland for many years.

The last locomotive seen above, 926, was one of over five hundred of its kind.

Here we have a ship's anchor.

Another look at 926.

Locomotive

 Rail lines worked hand in hand with steam ships to move people for decades, until growing sizes of planes made trans-oceanic flight more practical. This is a model of the RMS Empress Of Britain II, linked with the Canadian Pacific company.

The locomotives in here are quite a sight to see.

And you can even get inside, where the engineer and fireman worked.

There is a platform between the cabins of two neighbouring locomotives.

Transport

With fall now underway, it was time for a new header photo for the season. This one was taken last fall at the Champlain Lookout in the Gatineau Hills.

We begin today with headphones.

And a more recent artifact- the iPod music player.

Robert Moog was an engineer with the National Research Council here in Ottawa. He refined the electronic synthesizer into what it is known as today.

We move into steam power, represented by the locomotives.