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8 train museums across the US that are worth visiting

There is something deeply human about standing next to a locomotive the size of a house and feeling completely small. Train museums hit differently from most cultural institutions. They are loud with ...
Ever After in the Woods

Ohio’s Fascinating Railroad Museum Most People Have Never Heard Of

Most people have not heard of this Ohio railroad museum, but its restored history and hands-on exhibits make it a can’t-miss ...

Remember this? Confederation Train brought a rolling museum through town

A special whistle that sounded the first bar of “O Canada” every hour announced its arrival. On May 26, 1967, that tune ...
The News-Gazette

Railroad museum in downtown Paxton here to stay

Kirk Reynolds, a retired Champaign resident who serves as archive manager for both the Illinois Central Historical Society and the Monticello Railway Museum, poses in the ICHS’s railroad museum in ...
Altoona Mirror

Railroad museums maintain historical tracks

The former Pennsylvania Railroad Master Mechanic’s Building in Altoona is pictured in the 1960s. Today, the building is home to the Railroaders Memorial Museum. Courtesy photo Fewer Pennsylvanians ...