I hope I might get a chance to visit a few of the more prominent and acclaimed railroad museums across the US. The only major museum I've visited is the Calif. State Railroad Museum in Sacramento. Others would be the Colorado Rail Museum, Illinois Rail Museum, Tennessee Central RR Museuim, B&O museum, and many more.
Here is a list of railroad museums, state by state:
I also have stumbled across a few small railroad museums in various small towns, not knowing they were even there. One example, the Stumptown Museum in Whitefish, with a lot of history pertaining to the Great Northern RR:
Both GN history and the history of Whitefish. I don't know about that fur covered trout.
I once walked by a small railroad museum in Ashland, Oregon. Not a whole lot there, but some interesting railroad paraphernalia. Too bad there isn't a railroad from Portland, Eugene, Medford, and Ashland like in the old days. A Portland to Ashland railroad might be popular, today, for people attending the Shakespeare Festival.
If I remember correctly, there was a set-up of an old railroad office in the depot at Lake Louise, AB. Also, something similar at the Amtrak depot in Glenwood Springs, CO.
Another: The Rail Museum at Toppenish, OR. I've never been there, but it looks interesting.
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What small town railroad museums can you recommend?
Here is a list of railroad museums, state by state:
I also have stumbled across a few small railroad museums in various small towns, not knowing they were even there. One example, the Stumptown Museum in Whitefish, with a lot of history pertaining to the Great Northern RR:
Both GN history and the history of Whitefish. I don't know about that fur covered trout.
I once walked by a small railroad museum in Ashland, Oregon. Not a whole lot there, but some interesting railroad paraphernalia. Too bad there isn't a railroad from Portland, Eugene, Medford, and Ashland like in the old days. A Portland to Ashland railroad might be popular, today, for people attending the Shakespeare Festival.
If I remember correctly, there was a set-up of an old railroad office in the depot at Lake Louise, AB. Also, something similar at the Amtrak depot in Glenwood Springs, CO.
Another: The Rail Museum at Toppenish, OR. I've never been there, but it looks interesting.
front page - The Northern Pacific Railway Museum
WE ARE CLOSED FOR THE 2023 SEASON TO SET UP FOR TOY TRAIN CHRISTMAS The depot just right after it was built IN 1911. Mouse over the above picture to see what it looked like in the 1980s.

What small town railroad museums can you recommend?