In 2001, when we expanded the Canadian Railway Museum, it was to show that we weren't just dealing with the past and present of the railways, but also with development, directions and future visions, as well as the importance of railway development for the country.
The board of directors chose to add a bilingual name: Exporail. It's also easier to promote commercially. We nevertheless wanted to retain the name Canadian Railway Museum, since, at the national and international levels, all the major industrial countries have national railway museums, and it is important that be reflected in their names. So we retained the name Canadian Railway Museum, but we added it to the more commercial corporate name, which is Exporail.