The trains are back on track at the Winnipeg Railway Museum.

The volunteer-run organization has signed a 25-year lease with Via Rail, the owner of the downtown train station that houses the museum.

“It’s a feeling of relief,” said Gord Leathers, who directs public relations for the museum. “It was a real shock when we were told we had to close.”

In December 2021, the museum got the news it would have to move or close for good, after renovations by Via triggered other building code requirements to the train shed housing the museum’s collection of locomotives, rolling stock and other railway-related artifacts.

Now, the national passenger service has said the Winnipeg museum can stay, as long as it addresses fire code issues in the 100-year-old-plus building.