Southern Ontario Live Steamers

06/14/2026

Members were out doing more track work this weekend!

We are getting everything ready for our opening day on Saturday June 27!

05/27/2026

While visiting the Mill Creek Central Railroad this past weekend, we were told to check out the Associated Model Railroad Engineers of Coshocton in Coshocton Ohio. We were not disappointed!

05/23/2026

Some of our members left Thursday for a live steam meet at the Mill Creek Central Railroad in Coshocton, Ohio this weekend. First day was a lot of rain and we had some technical difficulties but we are still having lots of fun!

05/16/2026

Our opening day of the season is June 27!

We will be running every Saturday from June 27 until September 5 from 11am until 4pm!

Want to become a member? Come out, check us out and have a chat!

All rides are by donation and all money raised goes to the maintenance and future upgrades to the railway.
The Sleepy Hollow Railroad is located at 334 Metcalfe St, W, Strathroy, Ontario. The railroad is owned by the Municipality of Strathroy-Caradoc and is operated by us, the Southern Ontario Live Steamers.

05/13/2026

A very special thank you to Clyde Walton for his donation of some G scale trains and track. We will be getting these up and running as soon as we can!

05/03/2026

This weekend our members were out doing some track maintenance. Just like the real railways, maintenance on the track is needed from time to time. We will be doing more track maintenance this summer and upgrading the ballast.

04/09/2026

The CN boxcar and the CN van number 79272 are fresh out of the GCC Trains shops. The CN boxcar is a repainted boxcar for one of our members and the CN van was custom built by GCC Trains and will be making it's way out west soon!

04/04/2026

We are up and running today until 4. There is an Easter Egg hunt going on in the park here as well starting at 1.

02/26/2026

This is a great model train event in Essex this weekend. Our friends the Chatham Model Railroad Club and the Windsor Model Railroad Club will be there with operating layouts.

01/21/2026

We are now listed on a couple of Canadian model train club sites.

Check out https://ironhorsepark.ca/clublinks.shtml for other 1/8 scale train clubs.

Also take a look at https://www.caorm.org/clubs.php for a listing of model train clubs of all scales.

Where does the time go? It wasn't long ago that the model railway season started and now this calendar year is almost over. As the time passes another issue, #94, of The Canadian, has made its way into the members section ready for you to download and read. I lot has happened so take some time and c...