Museums, Tourist Lines, and Historical Organizations

Museums, Tourist Lines, and Historical Organizations
General discussion related to all railroad clubs, museums, tourist and scenic lines. Generally this covers museums with static displays, museums that operate excursions, scenic lines that have museums, and so on. Check out the Tourist Railway Association (TRAIN) for more information.

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List of Tourist Railroads & Museums in the United States by Christian S. - Sat Jan 01, 2005 11:14 am	3 Replies 23915 Views	by FullScale4Me Sun Jun 26, 2011 12:24 pm
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Greenville, SC Miniature World of Trains by SouthernRailway - Sat Jul 25, 2015 5:53 pm	0 Replies 4677 Views	by SouthernRailway Sat Jul 25, 2015 5:53 pm
Two Shore Line Trolley Museum videos from 2007 by Frank - Sat Mar 21, 2015 6:05 am	0 Replies 4843 Views	by Frank Sat Mar 21, 2015 6:05 am
GE donates Control Console by chevy2003 - Wed Feb 25, 2015 1:59 pm	0 Replies 5002 Views	by chevy2003 Wed Feb 25, 2015 1:59 pm
Red Caboose Motel Bobber Caboose Question by BerwickRailFan - Fri Jan 16, 2015 12:12 pm	1 Replies 5281 Views	by BerwickRailFan Wed Feb 18, 2015 10:01 am
Services to Railroad Museums by jjsatorm - Sun Oct 21, 2012 8:59 am	6 Replies 8359 Views	by Michael D. Storey Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:07 pm
Number 972 & 1187 at the Strasburg Railroad by Lackawanna565 - Sun Jun 20, 2010 9:56 pm	10 Replies 11015 Views	by Mr rt Tue Dec 02, 2014 10:32 am
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Two Shore Line Trolley Museum videos by Frank - Fri Nov 14, 2014 3:26 pm	0 Replies 5133 Views	by Frank Fri Nov 14, 2014 3:26 pm
Railroad Workers in the 1920s by Cori - Tue Sep 02, 2014 12:03 am	3 Replies 6353 Views	by Train Detainer Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:39 pm
Yreka Western by jscola30 - Tue Sep 30, 2014 12:01 am	0 Replies 5032 Views	by jscola30 Tue Sep 30, 2014 12:01 am
F40PH Preservation Society raising money to get 501(c)3 by Ham40PH - Thu Aug 07, 2014 4:02 pm	1 Replies 5797 Views	by DutchRailnut Wed Aug 27, 2014 7:26 am
Riverhead, NY, Railfest 8.23 & 24. 2014 by bellstbarn - Sat Aug 23, 2014 5:05 pm	1 Replies 5633 Views	by bellstbarn Sun Aug 24, 2014 10:54 am
Excursion Tragedy at Danville, PA by 2nd trick op - Sun Jul 20, 2014 7:33 am	0 Replies 5514 Views	by 2nd trick op Sun Jul 20, 2014 7:33 am
Streamliners at Spencer by Tom6921 - Fri Apr 25, 2014 4:16 pm	9 Replies 7222 Views	by Tom6921 Thu Jul 17, 2014 11:09 pm
Misc. Car Preservation Qs by 4400Washboard - Sun May 18, 2014 4:33 pm	0 Replies 5209 Views	by 4400Washboard Sun May 18, 2014 4:33 pm
RMLI and Strasburg Railroad Announce Plans to Restore 39 by jayrmli - Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:54 pm	1 Replies 6416 Views	by 4400Washboard Sun May 18, 2014 4:31 pm
Steam engines by jebo - Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:41 pm	2 Replies 6807 Views	by jebo Fri Mar 28, 2014 10:30 am
what railroad was this hat from? by steamsix - Sun Feb 16, 2014 1:39 pm	1 Replies 5984 Views	by CannaScrews Thu Mar 20, 2014 9:14 am
Campaign to Fund MEC 470 purchase and move! by RGlueck - Sat Mar 15, 2014 3:59 pm	0 Replies 5378 Views	by RGlueck Sat Mar 15, 2014 3:59 pm
NYW&B preservation by 4400Washboard - Sun Mar 02, 2014 12:40 pm	0 Replies 5349 Views	by 4400Washboard Sun Mar 02, 2014 12:40 pm
Upcoming Twin Forks Chapter-NRHS Trip by M1 9147 - Mon Feb 03, 2014 7:30 pm	0 Replies 4673 Views	by M1 9147 Mon Feb 03, 2014 7:30 pm
Northern Central RR, New Freedom, PA by chuchubob - Sun Nov 10, 2013 8:00 pm	0 Replies 5792 Views	by chuchubob Sun Nov 10, 2013 8:00 pm
Maine Central 4-6-2 #470 by RGlueck - Sat Nov 09, 2013 11:42 am	0 Replies 5461 Views	by RGlueck Sat Nov 09, 2013 11:42 am
Track Chart database by RedLantern - Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:06 pm	5 Replies 9999 Views	by RedLantern Mon Oct 21, 2013 4:13 pm
Old Colony & Newport Railway by K9MEL - Thu Jan 03, 2008 2:19 pm	7 Replies 9894 Views	by GE45tonner Tue Oct 08, 2013 2:35 pm
Cuyahoga and Saratoga Tourist Line by Scoring Guy - Tue Sep 17, 2013 9:57 am	0 Replies 5527 Views	by Scoring Guy Tue Sep 17, 2013 9:57 am
Hub City Railroad Museum (Spartanburg, SC, off I-85) by SouthernRailway - Sun Sep 01, 2013 3:59 pm	0 Replies 5773 Views	by SouthernRailway Sun Sep 01, 2013 3:59 pm
Lake Shore Electric Museum Folding - Equipment Sold 1 2 3 4 5 6 by polybalt - Tue May 26, 2009 2:22 pm	75 Replies 42624 Views	by Tom6921 Sat Aug 10, 2013 11:41 am
Electric Railroaders' Association (NYC group) by SouthernRailway - Tue Jun 04, 2013 6:40 pm	2 Replies 7457 Views	by 3rdrail Thu Jun 20, 2013 12:23 am
Steam Locomotive to operate 3rd weekend of August by chevy2003 - Wed May 29, 2013 1:41 pm	0 Replies 6284 Views	by chevy2003 Wed May 29, 2013 1:41 pm
Norfolk Southern donates Dash-8 to Lake Shore Rwy Museum by chevy2003 - Wed May 29, 2013 1:19 pm	0 Replies 5847 Views	by chevy2003 Wed May 29, 2013 1:19 pm
Danbury Railway Museum equipment move this Sunday the 5th! by FL9AC - Wed May 01, 2013 11:17 pm	1 Replies 6757 Views	by Backshophoss Sun May 05, 2013 6:33 pm
odd question: any collections of UK rolling stock in US? by dt_rt40 - Sun Mar 10, 2013 7:13 pm	12 Replies 8498 Views	by Backshophoss Sat Mar 16, 2013 9:28 pm
Trolley wire theft results in arrests by n2xjk - Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:06 am	10 Replies 8404 Views	by 3rdrail Sun Mar 10, 2013 6:23 pm
Trolley Museum of New York - 30 years in Kingston - May 18 by n2xjk - Sat Feb 02, 2013 10:43 am	1 Replies 5976 Views	by n2xjk Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:30 am
TMNY: "Mind the Gap" by n2xjk - Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:31 am	1 Replies 6592 Views	by n2xjk Sat Feb 02, 2013 10:37 am
New Hope and Ivyland North Pole Express 2012 by ThirdRail7 - Wed Dec 19, 2012 12:23 am	0 Replies 6103 Views	by ThirdRail7 Wed Dec 19, 2012 12:23 am
Railway Museum Site Maps by polybalt - Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:04 pm	6 Replies 9086 Views	by RussNelson Tue Dec 18, 2012 2:13 am
New Hope and Ivyland North Pole Express 2010 by Schuylkill Valley - Thu Dec 23, 2010 1:03 pm	1 Replies 7508 Views	by ThirdRail7 Tue Dec 11, 2012 11:09 pm
Hesston Steam Museum by jimharris706 - Thu Oct 25, 2012 3:52 am	0 Replies 5501 Views	by jimharris706 Thu Oct 25, 2012 3:52 am
IRM's Nebraska Zephyr on BNSF today? by orangeline - Sat Sep 22, 2012 9:50 am	2 Replies 5115 Views	by lstone19 Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:45 pm
FEBT 2012 Fall Reunion to Feature Operating EBT Train by ebtrr - Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:50 pm	0 Replies 4750 Views	by ebtrr Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:50 pm
"A Night on the Nickel Plate Road"- A Milepost 25 Production by TrainWatcher - Wed May 02, 2012 8:59 am	2 Replies 6384 Views	by TrainWatcher Tue Aug 14, 2012 11:00 am
Southampton Station Night Photo Shoot - 8.10.12 by Pacobell73 - Wed Aug 01, 2012 10:26 am	0 Replies 5535 Views	by Pacobell73 Wed Aug 01, 2012 10:26 am
Kingston NY Track Rehab bid invitation published by n2xjk - Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:29 am	0 Replies 4829 Views	by n2xjk Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:29 am
Illinois Railway Museum Public Transit Access by westriverrr - Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:34 pm	2 Replies 5977 Views	by westriverrr Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:44 am
Vintage railroad dining car china on display by Jeff Smith - Fri Jul 06, 2012 2:25 pm	0 Replies 5439 Views	by Jeff Smith Fri Jul 06, 2012 2:25 pm
Oil Creek & Titusville hosting steam excursions by roc - Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:24 pm	0 Replies 5273 Views	by roc Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:24 pm
Railroad Myth/Folklore origins by [email protected] - Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:04 pm	0 Replies 5463 Views	by [email protected] Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:04 pm
Two Steam Locos To Visit Oil Creek & Titusville in July by MT14L - Thu May 10, 2012 10:58 am	1 Replies 5118 Views	by toolmaker Fri May 11, 2012 9:30 pm
Oyster Bay and Danbury Railroad Museum Question 1 2 by FamousNYLover - Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:18 pm	16 Replies 13009 Views	by MADDOG Thu Apr 19, 2012 7:33 pm
How are your organizations doing? by mxdata - Sat Aug 06, 2011 10:02 pm	5 Replies 6563 Views	by archw Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:47 am
Maine Central Historical Society by DaveSwan - Sat Feb 14, 2009 9:55 am	5 Replies 7714 Views	by archw Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:39 am
Presston (MN) Historical Society MILW Rolling Stock. 1 2 3 4 by Komachi - Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:58 pm	45 Replies 28624 Views	by Komachi Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:28 pm
Horseshoe Curve Experience by ohioriverrailway - Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:39 am	4 Replies 6507 Views	by tj48 Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:41 am
Status of Reader Railroad by jscola30 - Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:30 pm	0 Replies 3834 Views	by jscola30 Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:30 pm
F40PH Preservation Society News by RCD - Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:22 pm	1 Replies 5249 Views	by RAS Fri Jan 13, 2012 6:20 pm
HCRY- Halton County Radial by rail10 - Wed May 16, 2007 3:55 pm	4 Replies 6327 Views	by Tom6921 Sun Dec 11, 2011 10:39 am
Certified engineers volunteering or moonlighting. by Noel Weaver - Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:03 am	7 Replies 6726 Views	by kevin.brackney Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:49 am
NRHS 2012 Convention - Cedar Rapids, Iowa by Bartman-tn - Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:30 pm	6 Replies 6762 Views	by Bartman-tn Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:46 am
Track chart copyrights by RedLantern - Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:57 pm	4 Replies 4994 Views	by The EGE Sat Nov 05, 2011 11:41 am
Volunteering in the Albany Area? by B&M 1227 - Sun Jul 10, 2011 6:04 pm	2 Replies 4160 Views	by rovetherr Mon Oct 31, 2011 12:12 am
Rockhill Trolley Museum - Central PA by Red Arrow Fan - Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:42 pm	8 Replies 5948 Views	by chuchubob Mon Oct 10, 2011 2:43 pm
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania Gets a Roundhouse by Espee9180 - Fri Jun 04, 2010 5:40 pm	14 Replies 7139 Views	by Desertdweller Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:30 pm
NJMT Pine Creek RR Loses Three Longtime Members by GSC - Fri Sep 23, 2011 12:23 pm	0 Replies 4298 Views	by GSC Fri Sep 23, 2011 12:23 pm
Rock Island Train Festival this weekend by CharlieD - Fri Jul 22, 2011 8:54 pm	3 Replies 4940 Views	by mxdata Sat Sep 03, 2011 7:02 am
Colorado Bi-Tanics painted in ICG 1 2 by DaveBarraza - Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:59 pm	22 Replies 12646 Views	by DaveBarraza Wed Jan 16, 2013 10:46 pm
Trolley Museum of New York (Kingston) 1 2 3 4 by Schaffner - Sun Apr 12, 2009 3:51 pm	51 Replies 20222 Views	by n2xjk Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:14 am
NNYCM Photo Shoot Cancelled by TrainWatcher - Wed May 11, 2011 3:20 pm	0 Replies 4436 Views	by TrainWatcher Wed May 11, 2011 3:20 pm
"Historical" Groups Audience Scams by mxdata - Mon Feb 08, 2010 8:56 am	10 Replies 5182 Views	by mxdata Mon May 02, 2011 5:53 am
Castaway Caboose/Durbin Rocket Line in West Virginia by rrbluesman - Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:12 pm	2 Replies 5731 Views	by toolmaker Fri Mar 18, 2011 6:06 pm
NRHS 2011 Tacoma Convention by Bartman-tn - Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:23 am	0 Replies 4350 Views	by Bartman-tn Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:23 am
Save the LRC! by Tom6921 - Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:56 pm	4 Replies 4983 Views	by Tom6921 Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:51 pm
New Jersey Museum of Transportation - Pine Creek Railroad by creeker - Thu Jun 10, 2004 5:19 pm	13 Replies 10078 Views	by trapper Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:34 pm
GE 70 Ton Centercab Restoration by Rick Rowlands - Sun Dec 13, 2009 3:15 pm	14 Replies 9257 Views	by Rick Rowlands Wed Feb 23, 2011 8:00 pm
NKP 765 Returns to the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum by rbarcus - Wed Feb 16, 2011 5:32 pm	1 Replies 3547 Views	by rbarcus Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:51 am
Looking for info on tourist railroads of the Pacific coast by railfilm - Sat Jan 08, 2011 1:00 pm	1 Replies 4051 Views	by Bartman-tn Sun Feb 06, 2011 3:53 pm
NRHS Dues increase 1 2 3 4 5 by Noel Weaver - Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:49 am	66 Replies 27072 Views	by RAS Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:03 pm
TOTAL LACK OF "RARE MILEAGE" EXCURSIONS IN THE NORTHEAST by DonPevsner - Sun Jan 23, 2011 11:14 am	10 Replies 6215 Views	by Jeff Smith Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:52 pm
Restoring a New Haven ticket dater by copyman - Sat Jan 22, 2011 9:18 pm	2 Replies 6363 Views	by CannaScrews Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:28 am
HVRM GE 95-ton restoration 1 2 3 4 by JasonA - Mon May 19, 2008 9:22 pm	50 Replies 21211 Views	by jnugent56 Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:15 am
National NYC Museum Night Photo Session (Jan 22-23, 2011) by TrainWatcher - Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:37 pm	2 Replies 3591 Views	by TrainWatcher Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:25 pm
Steamtown's Tobyhanna Ice Harvest Festival Excursion Photos by mst145 - Sun Jan 16, 2011 8:01 pm	2 Replies 3774 Views	by mst145 Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:14 am
Edward S. Miller - A Celebration of Life by JhnZ33 - Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:09 pm	0 Replies 3616 Views	by JhnZ33 Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:09 pm
Edward S. Miller - A Celebration of Life by JhnZ33 - Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:09 pm	0 Replies 3570 Views	by JhnZ33 Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:09 pm
Westinghouse Visibility Cab Oil-Electric B-71 to Youngstown by Rick Rowlands - Wed Jan 05, 2011 1:14 am	4 Replies 3757 Views	by chuchubob Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:43 pm
UP Excursion Route by Ocala Mike - Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:17 pm	0 Replies 3474 Views	by Ocala Mike Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:17 pm
Reading (PA) Transportation Museum 1 2 by RDGTRANSMUSEUM - Wed May 14, 2008 8:02 am	29 Replies 12067 Views	by RDGTRANSMUSEUM Wed Jan 05, 2011 8:24 pm
Weekend with a Lima at Whitewater Valley by Bartman-tn - Tue Jan 04, 2011 7:20 pm	0 Replies 3460 Views	by Bartman-tn Tue Jan 04, 2011 7:20 pm
Photolines: A thought on people who haven't bought a ticket by Tadman - Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:50 am	6 Replies 4461 Views	by Otto Vondrak Wed Dec 22, 2010 1:49 pm
Carver’s Edaville Railroad up for sale by lexon - Thu Nov 04, 2010 6:32 pm	10 Replies 6267 Views	by daylight4449 Thu Dec 16, 2010 9:14 am
Exporail Museum in Canada by Noel Weaver - Wed Dec 08, 2010 1:14 am	1 Replies 3491 Views	by Engineer Spike Wed Dec 15, 2010 7:54 pm
Miniature R.R. in Nashua, NH. 1960's by MaineCoonCat - Tue Nov 30, 2010 3:56 pm	8 Replies 7183 Views	by MaineCoonCat Tue Feb 24, 2015 7:20 pm
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum, Washington PA by Red Arrow Fan - Mon May 19, 2008 12:12 pm	13 Replies 6323 Views	by ohioriverrailway Tue Nov 23, 2010 7:40 pm
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania 1 2 by Pinewald Station - Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:01 pm	25 Replies 11659 Views	by daylight4449 Wed Nov 17, 2010 7:06 am
Napa wine train called "wasteful spending" by senators by Kamen Rider - Thu Jan 28, 2010 7:20 pm	11 Replies 5517 Views	by daylight4449 Fri Nov 05, 2010 6:14 am
"Dinner on The Durango" at Knott's Berry Farm by 400409 - Sat Oct 16, 2010 10:14 am	0 Replies 3213 Views	by 400409 Sat Oct 16, 2010 10:14 am
Danbury Railway Museum by andre - Fri Sep 24, 2010 3:27 pm	0 Replies 3153 Views	by andre Fri Sep 24, 2010 3:27 pm

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