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Railroad Museums

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Key:
• ★ = Active website noted for volume & quality of information & photos.
• ☆ = Inactive website noted for archival information & photos.
• ☡ = Functioning website but exhibiting some technical problems.
• Δ = New website under construction. Might be empty of content.
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1. ★ Altoona Railway Museum Club
   TrainWeb.org/altoona-ry-museum-club



TrainWeb.org/altoona-ry-museum-club - Altoona Railway Museum Club had its beginnings at the time the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) ceased to exist and when many of the PRR's historical sites in the Altoona, Pennsylvania, area were being dismantled. Although many local facilities were... Read More>>



2. ★★★ Cleveland & Eastern Interurban Historical Society & Museum
   TrainWeb.org/ceihsm



TrainWeb.org/ceihsm - Cleveland and Eastern Interurban Historical Society and Museum A non-profit group dedicated to the preservation of artifacts and materials relating to Northeast Ohio's Interurban Railways. Our goal is to educate the public about... Read More>>



3. ☆ Railroad and Transportation Museum of El Paso
   TrainWeb.US/elpasorails



TrainWeb.US/elpasorails - Railroad and Transportation Museum of El Paso Bringing together individuals & organizations supporting the concept of the Railroad Museum of El Paso plus featured train videos... Read More>>



4. Railroading in the El Paso Southwest - SW Chapter R&LHS
   TrainWeb.US/ep-sw



TrainWeb.US/ep-sw - Railroading in the El Paso Southwest Southwest Chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society (R.&L.H.S.). Includes information about the Railroad and Transportation Museum of El Paso and 2011, 2013 & 2014 Monthly Publication R&LHS El Paso & Southwest Chapter Flyers... Read More>>



5. ★★★ East Valley Lines
   TrainWeb.org/EVL



TrainWeb.org/EVL - East Valley Lines Welcome to the Los Angeles N-Scale Association, operators of East Valley Lines Model Railroad located in the Travel Town Museum at Griffith Park. We operate one of the largest N-Scale layouts in the world. This is just a brief trip on... Read More>>



6. ☆ Fordsville Depot Museum
   TrainWeb.US/fordsvilledepot



TrainWeb.US/fordsvilledepot - Fordsville Depot Museum A Community Museum... The Fordsville L&N Depot Museum houses many unique and one of a kind artifacts as well as countless records surround the history of our small town. Throughout time our community has... Read More>>



7. ☆ Galveston Model Railroad Club & Museum
   TrainWeb.US/gmrrc



TrainWeb.US/gmrrc - Galveston Model Railroad Club & Museum Located on beautiful Galveston Island near the Historic Strand District, the entire second floor of the building is the setting for our HO Scale exhibit. The lower floor is where the G Scale Scale exhibits are located. We even have a Thomas the Tank Engine... Read More>>



8. ★★★ HOMES Model Railway Club - HO Model Engineers Society
   TrainWeb.org/homesclub



TrainWeb.org/homesclub - HOMES Model Railway Club - HO Model Engineers Society Established in 1948, HOMES is dedicated to prototype modelling of the Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, railway scene in the mid-1950s. At the western tip of.. Read More>>



9. ☆☆ Indian Railways Homepage (unofficial)
   TrainWeb.US/indiarail



TrainWeb.US/indiarail - Indian Railways Homepage (unofficial) Several photographs of Indian locomotives and trains, Indian Railway Fan Club, Timetables and Maps, Official IR Websites, Railway Museums, Railway News, News Links, Railway Links and more... Read More>>



10. ☆☆☆ CNR 6167 Steam Locomotive Restoration
    TrainWeb.US/j.dimech



TrainWeb.US/j.dimech - Canadian National Railway CNR 6167 Steam Locomotive Restoration Information and photos related to the restoration of CNR 6167 in the City of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Extensive information about other CNR Diesel and Steam Locomotives is also included along with locomotive rosters... Read More>>



11. ☆ Midwest Railway Institute & Museum
    TrainWeb.US/MRIM



TrainWeb.US/MRIM - Midwest Railway Institute & Museum The mission of the organization is the education of the public, its participants, and contributors through various published media, workshops and seminars, and through direct visitation to a... Read More>>



12. ☆☆☆ The North Shore Collection
    TrainWeb.US/northshore



TrainWeb.US/northshore - The North Shore Collection Over 200 photos! The North Shore Line is a nickname for the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee railroad, an interurban that operated between Chicago and Milwaukee, and through all of the towns in between along the North Shore. An interurban was a... Read More>>



13. ☆ Roundhouse
    TrainWeb.US/roundhouse



TrainWeb.US/roundhouse - Roundhouse. Archive information and photos from the old websites of the Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum, Inc and the Hagerstown Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society (NRHS). Photos and reports are featured from attempts to save the roundhouse... Read More>>



14. ★ Ryan's Rails
    TrainWeb.org/ryansrails



TrainWeb.org/ryansrails - Ryan's Rails. Exploring all sorts of railroads and rolling stock, past and present. A website dedicated to my adventures chasing, cataloging, and filming trains including my railroad museum recommendations... Read More>>



15. ★ SAR & CR Railways
    TrainWeb.org/sarail



TrainWeb.org/sarail - SAR & CR Railways. A website dedicated to modeling the South Australian Railways (SAR) and the Commonwealth Railways of Australia (CR). These two railway systems serviced some of the remotest areas of Australia and employed a diverse range of... Read More>>



16. ☆☆☆ Memories of The Texas & Pacific Railway
    www.trainweb.US/texasandpacific



www.trainweb.US/texasandpacific - The Texas & Pacific Railway Dedicated to preserving the memory of the Texas & Pacific featuring equipment, history, links, modelers, museums, people, railroadiana, structures, print and... Read More>>



17. ★★★ Ron Goodenow's Attic
    TrainWeb.org/theattic



TrainWeb.org/theattic - Ron Goodenow's Attic The Attic is a personal museum, drawing on the stash of items I've collected -- and am still collecting -- in my railway and other travels. I'm including visits to museums and shortlines, profiles of American and foreign carriers, timetables... Read More>>



18. ★★★ Heritage DiscoveRy Center
    TrainWeb.org/wnyhdc



TrainWeb.org/wnyhdc - Heritage DiscoveRy Center The Heritage DiscoveRy Center provides the Buffalo and Niagara Frontier with a unique cultural attraction to showcase the rich railroad, marine and industrial heritage of the region. Our goal has been to create a... Read More>>



19. ★★★ Western New York Railway Historical Society
    TrainWeb.org/wnyrhs



TrainWeb.org/wnyrhs - Western New York Railway Historical Society, Inc. was founded to ensure that what remains of our Railway Heritage is preserved for present and future generations. Our primary goal was achieved in... Read More>>



20. ☆ Western Railroaders' Hall Of Fame And Museum
    www.trainweb.US/wrrhof



www.trainweb.US/wrrhof - Western Railroaders' Hall Of Fame And Museum provides a way to honor railroaders across the mid- and western part of North America. The purpose is to educate through words and.. Read More>>



21. Washington State Railroads Historical Society & Museum
    www.trainweb.US/wsrhs



www.trainweb.US/wsrhs - Washington State Railroads Historical Society & Museum Locomotives & rolling stock collection, "Blue Mountain" history, Washington Railroad history, old Washington State rail schedules, ads & maps, surviving Washington State... Read More>>

Links related to Rail Museums:

August 10, 2019 - Midwest Rail Rangers - New York City Subway Heritage Ride. Robert & Kandace Tabern. Before we ride the rails... we wanted to plug the New York Transit Museum. If you are planning a visit to New York City, one of the "must do" activities is a visit to the New York Transit Museum in... Read More>>




Published July 1, 2019 - Midwest Rail Rangers - BNSF Galesburg Shop & Hump Tower Tour. By Robert & Kandace Tabern. If you have ever taken the Carl Sandburg train between Chicago and Quincy, Illinois --- then you have no doubt passed by the BNSF Galesburg, Illinois Hump Tower (it's on the right side going... Read More>>




August 5, 2018 - Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler The museum's collection has more than 100 historic locomotives and railroad cars that chronicle American railroad history. Visitors can climb aboard various locomotives and cars, inspect a 62-ton locomotive from... Read More>>




August 5, 2018 - Newtown Square Railroad Museum: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler The Newtown Square Freight station was constructed in 1895, shortly after the railroad line was built. It was located on the west side of Newtown Street Road (Rt. 252) and now Winding Way. This was also the site of the... Read More>>




August 4, 2018 - The Baltimore Streetcar Museum: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler The original Museum collection had been under the stewardship of the United Railways and Electric Company, then the Baltimore Transit Company and finally, for a short time, the Maryland Historical Society. Finally the... Read More>>




August 4, 2018 - National Capitol Trolley Museum: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler NCTM was incorporated on January 4, 1961, as the National Capital Historical Museum of Transportation, Inc.[2] Progress was slow at first, but the Museum eventually combined efforts and streetcar collections with a... Read More>>




August 4, 2018 - The Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum and Hagerstown Railroad Park and more: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler The Hagerstown Roundhouse Complex was built in 1939. The 25 stall roundhouse and shops were the major facility for maintenance and repairs of locomotives and cars in... Read More>>




August 1, 2018 - The Crewe Railroad Museum and returning to Roanoke: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler The Crewe Railroad Museum is located on Highway 460 in the heart of town, four miles from the junction of 360/460. In the yard climb on a diesel engine, a caboose, and our steam engine 606 that has... Read More>>




July 29, 2018 - North Carolina Transportation Museum: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler The museum was founded in 1977, when the Southern Railway deeded 4 acres of land to the state of North Carolina for a transportation museum. Two years later, another 53 acres was added to the... Read More>>




July 29, 2018 - Southeastern Narrow Gauge & Shortline Museum: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler Newton was served by the narrow gauge Chester & Lenoir, which arrived in 1882. It was folded into Southern subsidiary Carolina & North Western and standard gauged in 1902. The Newton Depot Authority was... Read More>>




July 27, 2018 - O. Winston Link Museum: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler The O. Winston Link Museum is a museum dedicated to the photography of O. Winston Link, the twentieth century railroad photographer widely considered the master of the juxtaposition between steam railroading and rural culture. He is most noted for... Read More>>




July 27, 2018 - C&O Railway Heritage Center: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway traces its origin to the Louisa Railroad of Louisa County, Virginia, begun in 1836, and the James River & Kanawha Canal Company begun 1785, also in Virginia. The C&O of the 1950s and 1960s at its height before the... Read More>>




July 27, 2018 - Virginia Museum of Transportation: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler The museum began its life in 1963 as the Roanoke Transportation Museum located in Wasena Park in Roanoke, Virginia. The museum at that time was housed in an old Norfolk & Western Railway freight depot on the banks of the... Read More>>




Oct 16, 2016 - Travel Town Visit and Train Ride: Report & Photos by Chris Guenzler Travel Town Museum is a transport museum dedicated on December 14, 1952, and located in the northwest corner of Los Angeles, California's Griffith Park. The history of railroad transportation in the western United States from 1880 to... Read More>>




June 20, 2015 - Night At The Railroad Museum: Report & Photos by Geno Daily The Lake Shore Railway Historical Society Presents Night At The Railroad Museum plus passenger depot with bonus photos from Pennsylvania and Ohio... Read More>>




Sep 22, 2012 - Oregon Rail Heritage Centre Grand Opening: Report & Photos by Elizabeth Guenzler. The opening of the Oregon Rail Heritage Centre was a natural to attend and it coincided with the opening of the Portland Streetcar Central Loop line. Since the... Read More>>




May 27, 2012 - Orange Empire Railway Museum: Report & Photos by Elizabeth Guenzler. The day started with a Pacific Surfliner trip from Los Angeles to Santa Ana, where Chris and a friend of his, Adam, were waiting for us. We set off for Perris and soon immersed ourselves in... Read More>>

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Railroad Museum Visit Reports & Photos by Chris Guenzler:
1. 06/19/11 Northern Pacific Railway Museum
2. 06/24/11 Fraser Valley Heritage Railway
3. 06/26/11 Oregon Electric Railway Museum
4. 07/16/11 Moberly Historic Railway Museum
5. 12/20/11 San Diego Model Railroad Museum in Balboa Park
6. 04/01/12 Disney's Hometown Museum in Marceline
7. 05/27/12 Orange Empire Railway Museum
8. 06/16/12 East Troy Electric Railroad
9. 07/08/12 Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
10. 09/16/12 Lomita Railroad Museum
11. 09/29/12 California State Railroad Museum
12. 07/22/13 Monon Connection Museum
13. 09/22/13 Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry
14. 11/29/14 Nevada County Narrow Gauge and Transportation Museum
15. 11/29/14 Western Railway Museum
16. 06/13/15 Empire State Railway Museum
17. 06/19/15 Shelburne Museum
18. 06/24/15 Boothbay Railway Village
19. 06/24/15 Cole Land Transportation Museum
20. 06/25/15 Seashore Trolley Museum
21. 06/25/15 National Streetcar Museum at Lowell
22. 06/27/15 Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum
23. 06/28/15 Railroad Museum of New England
24. 06/28/15 Connecticut Electric Railway Museum
25. 07/26/15 Riding trains at the Hesston Steam Museum
26. 03/18/16 Oregon Rail Heritage Center
27. 04/08/16 North Carolina Transportation Museum
28. 07/06/16 Highline Railroad Park, Highline Railroad Park
29. 07/07/16 Forney Museum of Transportation
30. 07/07/16 Cody Park & Golden Spike Tower North Platte, Nebraska
31. 07/12/16 Douglas Railroad Interpretive Center
32. 10/16/16 Travel Town Los Angeles
33. 05/19/18 Fox River Trolley Museum
34. 07/27/18 Virginia Museum of Transportation
35. 07/27/18 C&O Railway Heritage Center
36. 07/27/18 O.Winston Link Museum
37. 07/29/18 Southestern Narrow Gauge & Shortline Museum
38. 07/29/18 North Carolina Transportation Museum
39. 08/01/18 Crew Railroad Museum
40. 08/04/18 Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum & Railroad Park
41. 08/04/18 National Capitol Trolley Museum
42. 08/04/18 Baltimore Streetcar Museum
43. 08/05/18 Railroad Museum of Pennslvania
44. 08/05/18 Newtown Square Railroad Museum

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