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Railroads

A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum

Chicago, IL, USA

This museum celebrates the life of A Philip Randolph, as well as the role of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and other African Americans in the US labor movement. . .

Arizona Railway Museum

Chandler, AZ, USA

This railroad museum has an extensive collection of historic locomotives, railroad passenger cars and other equipment. . .

Atchison Rail Museum

Atchison, KS, USA

"Adjacent to the Santa Fe Depot, the Atchison Rail Museum is proudly owned and operated by the North East Kansas Railroaders, Inc. . ."

B&O Railroad Museum

Baltimore, MD, USA

The B&O Railroad Museum has been called one of the most significant collections of railroad treasures in the world . .

B-RI Railroad Museum

Teague, TX, USA

This museum is housed in a former Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway depot. . .

Baltimore Streetcar Museum

Baltimore, MD, USA

This museum is dedicated to preserving Baltimore's public transportation history. . .

Batavia Depot Museum

Batavia, IL, USA

The Batavia Depot Museum is a museum in Batavia, Illinois that was once the town's Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Depot. . .

Bowie Railroad Museum

Bowie, MD, USA

The Bowie Railroad Museum is a small railway museum maintained by the Bowie city government. . .

California State Railroad Museum

Sacramento, CA, USA

The museum features 21 restored locomotives and railroad cars, some dating back to 1862. . .

Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum

Chesapeake Beach, MD, USA

The Chesapeake Beach railway station, erected in 1898, is now operated as a museum. . .

Colorado Railroad Museum

Golden, CO, USA

This railroad museum features steam locomotives, passenger cars, a reconstructed telegraph office, model trains and other attractions. . .

Connecticut Trolley Museum

East Windsor, CT, USA

The Connecticut Trolley Museum is the oldest incorporated museum dedicated to electric railroading in the United States. . .

Dayton History - Carrillon Historical Park

Dayton, OH, USA

This 65-acre campus contains more than 30 historic structures with a major focus on the region's 'technological innovations. . .

Escondido History Center

Escondido, CA, USA

The Escondido History Center includes a former Santa Fe Depot, Pullman railroad car, blacksmith shop, barn, windmills, Victorian country home and historic agricultural equipment. . .

Essex Steam Train and Riverboat

Essex, CT, USA

Heritage railroad and river boat tours in the Connecticut River Valley. . .

Galveston Island Railroad Museum and Terminal

Galveston, TX, USA

The Galveston Railroad Museum is a railroad museum owned and operated by the Center for Transportation and Commerce, a non-profit organization. . .

Georgetown Loop Railroad

Georgetown, CO, USA

The Georgetown Loop Railroad is a 3 ft narrow gauge heritage railroad that runs between Georgetown and Silver Plume. . .

Gold Coast Railroad Museum

Miami, FL, USA

The Gold Coast Railroad Museum promotes historical trains and railroads. . .

Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village

Dearborn, MI, USA

The Henry Ford is a large indoor and outdoor history museum complex in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn. . .

History Park

San Jose, CA, USA

History Park in San Jose, California, is designed as an indoor/outdoor museum, arranged to appear as a small US town might have in the early 1900s. . .

Illinois Railway Museum

Union, IL, USA

The Illinois Railway Museum is the largest railroad museum in the United States. . .

Lomita Railroad Museum

Lomita, CA, USA

The Lomita Railroad Museum in Lomita, California, is devoted to California railroad history during the steam era. . .

Mendocino County Museum

Willits, CA, USA

This Northern California museum has extensive collections related to railroad history and lots of Old West artifacts. . .

Michigan Transit Museum

Mount Clemens, MI, USA

The Michigan Transit Museum includes the former Mount Clemens railroad depot. . .

Museum of the American Railroad

Frisco, TX, USA

The Museum of the American Railroad has a large collection of steam, diesel and passenger railroad equipment. . .

Museum of Transportation

St. Louis, MO, USA

The National Museum of Transportation is a private, 42-acre transportation museum in Kirkwood, Missouri, outside St Louis. . .

Naples Depot Museum

Naples, FL, USA

Naples Depot Museum occupies a former Seaboard Air Line Railway station. . .

National Capital Trolley Museum

Colesville, MD, USA

The National Capital Trolley Museum is a nonprofit organization that operates historic trolleys (or trams) for the public on a regular schedule. . .

Nevada County Historical Society

Nevada City, CA, USA

The society operates four museums in California's Sierra Nevada foothills near Sacramento. . .

New York Transit Museum

Brooklyn, NY, USA

The New York Transit Museum is a museum that displays historical artifacts of the New York City Subway, bus, commuter rail, and bridge and tunnel systems. . .

Niles Canyon Railway

Sunol, CA, USA

The Niles Canyon Railway is a heritage railway running through Niles Canyon. . .

Northwest Railway Museum

Snoqualmie, WA, USA

The Northwest Railway Museum is a railroad museum in Snoqualmie, King County, Washington. . .

Ohio Railway Museum

Worthington, OH, USA

The Ohio Railway Museum is located in Worthington, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus. . .

Orange Empire Railway Museum

Perris, CA, USA

The Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, California, focuses on Southern California's railroad history. . .

Oregon Rail Heritage Center

Portland, OR, USA

The Oregon Rail Heritage Center is a railway museum in Portland, Oregon. . .

Pacific Railroad Society Museum

San Dimas, CA, USA

This museum is housed in the former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe depot in San Dimas, about 10 miles east of Pasadena. . .

Pacific Southwest Railway Museum

Campo, CA, USA

The Pacific Southwest Railway Museum is a railroad museum in Campo, in the Mountain Empire area of southeastern San Diego County. . .

Patee House Museum

St. Joseph, MO, USA

The Patee House was completed in 1858 as a 140-room luxury hotel in St Joseph, Missouri. . .

Pennsylvania Trolley Museum

Washington, PA, USA

The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum in Washington, Pennsylvania, includes a collection of 45 refurbished trolleys. . .

Poway-Midland Railroad

Poway, CA, USA

The Poway–Midland Railroad is a heritage railroad located in Old Poway Park in Poway, California. . .

Pullman National Monument

Chicago, IL, USA

The Pullman Historic District was the first model, planned industrial community in the United States. . .

Railroad Museum of South Florida

Fort Myers, FL, USA

The 3200-square-foot museum contains model railroad layouts, an "interactive locomotive simulator" and railroad artifacts. . .

Roads and Rails Museum

Frederick, MD, USA

The Roads & Rails Museum houses what is claimed to be "one of the largest miniature world model train displays in the country. . ."

Roots of Motive Power

Willits, CA, USA

Roots of Motive Power is an organization that seeks to preserve railroad history in Mendocino County, Calif. . .

San Diego Model Railroad Museum

San Diego, CA, USA

The San Diego Model Railroad Museum contains the largest indoor model railroad exhibit in North America, and one of the largest in the world. . .

San Francisco Cable Car Museum

San Francisco, CA, USA

The Cable Car Museum is a free museum in the Nob Hill neighborhood of San Francisco. . .

San Francisco Railway Museum

San Francisco, CA, USA

The San Francisco Railway Museum is a small railway museum near the city's Ferry Building. . .

Shore Line Trolley Museum

East Haven, CT, USA

The Shore Line Trolley Museum, located in East Haven, Connecticut, is the oldest operating trolley museum in the United States. . .

Southeastern Railway Museum

Duluth, GA, USA

The Southeastern Railway Museum in suburban Atlanta has been designated as Georgia's official transportation history museum. . .

Southern Michigan Railroad Society

Clinton, MI, USA

The Southern Michigan Railroad Society is a railway museum in Clinton, Michigan. . .

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The Steampunk Explorer is an online magazine and resource directory for steampunk enthusiasts and creators. You'll find stories about people, places and events in the steampunk world, as well as guides to retail outlets, museums, galleries, eateries, and other attractions in 36 North American regions, with more to come. We also have several pages of resources for artists, writers, and people with an interest in 19th century history. The site launched in March 2018. Read more. . .