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Alabama - Fort Payne Depot Museum
Fort Payne, AL - Fort Payne Depot Museum, presented by Landmarks of Dekalb County. Located in Northeast Alabama, our musuem, which is actually a train depot circa late 1800s, contains much more than railroad historical artifacts. Thanks to many donations from estates and businesses, we have artifacts from every war since the Civil War, items from the formation of our city, thousands of Indian artifacts (like arrowheads, baskets, and sculptures), and much more. Listed with the National Register of Historic Places, we are a popular tourist spot just minutes from heavily-visited Mentone and not much farther from cities like Birmingham, Chattanooga, and Atlanta
Info: URL: http://www.fortpaynedepotmuseum.org/ (Added: 28-Jun-2007)
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Alabama - Huntsville Depot
Huntsville, AL - Circa 1860 — One of the nations oldest remaining railroad structures. Climb aboard locomotives, see Alabama's largest public model railroad, visit the Civil War exhibit and discover graffiti written by soldiers. Listen as Andy Barker, the robotic ticket agent, tells of Alabama's railway history. There's even a "kid's corner" complete with try-on costumes, train puzzles and maps.
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Alabama - The L&N Depot Museum
Foley, AL - The first depot was built on this site in 1905 when the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Line came to Foley. The railroad was once known as the Bay Minette and Fort Morgan Railroad. At that time, logging was an important industry in this area and the railroad was built to help move the timber out of the area.
The first depot that was built in 1905 burned to the ground in 1908. It was rebuilt and served as the center of activity for the community for many years.
In 1971, word was received that L & N was going to discontinue service to Foley and would destroy the building. John Snook, owner of Gulf Telephone Company bought the building for $1.00. He cut the depot and the freight area into two parts and moved them to Magnolia Springs. There it stayed for approximately twenty-four years and served as storage for Gulf Telephone. In the early nineties, Mr. Snook deeded the depot back to the city of Foley. In 1995, it was returned to the original site and renovations were begun to make the depot into a museum for the city.
Info: URL: http://www.cityoffoley.org/html/depot_museum.php (Added: 28-Jun-2007)
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Arkansas - Arkansas Railroad Museum
Pine Bluff, AR - This is the original locomotive erecting shop where the 819 was built in 1942 and now houses the museum.
The museum is normally open 9:00 - 3:00 on Monday thru Saturday. However, the museum is staffed by society volunteers and may not be open at all times. Please call in advance before travelling a long distance.
Info: URL: http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/8199/cb819.html (Added: 16-Jul-2000)
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Arkansas - Mammoth Spring Frisco Depot Museum
Mammoth Spring AR - Mammoth Spring, Arkansas's largest spring, flows nine million gallons of water hourly. Forming a scenic 10-acre
lake, it then flows south as the Spring River, a popular trout and float stream.
Near the spring, a beautifully-restored 1886 Frisco depot houses a collection of railroad memorabilia. The baggage room displays local history exhibits, and just outside is a Frisco caboose. The 1886 Frisco Depot will take you back in time to a bustling 1800s train depot. The Mammoth Spring Depot is one of only a few depots in the nation that have been restored as museums dedicated to interpreting their roles as train depots
Info: URL: http://www.arkansasstateparks.com/parks/park.asp?id=25 (Added: 20-May-2001)
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California - San Dimas Station
San Dimas, CA - Pacific Railroad Society operates the Pacific Railroad Museum in the former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe depot in San Dimas, California. Our goal is to restore the depot to represent a working railroad station. Artifacts and exhibits on various aspects of railroading are on display there.
The depot also houses our extensive railroad research library containing books, documents, maps and photographs collected since the 1930s. This facility is open to the public and staffed by PRS volunteers.
Info: URL: http://www.pacificrailroadsociety.org/sandimas/sandimas.html (Added: 20-May-2001)
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California - South Coast Railroad Museum
Goleta, CA - Goleta Depot is a Victorian-styled Southern Pacific Railroad station, built in 1901 by the Southern Pacific Railroad. The historical landmark and architectural treasure is located at picturesque Lake Los Carneros County Park.
The museum features refurnished rooms and station grounds, and a variety of informative displays, hands-on exhibits, artifacts, photographs, and memorabilia.
Info: URL: http://www.goletadepot.org/index.htm (Added: 20-May-2001)
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California - The Centerville Depot
Centerville, CA - The inspiration to preserve the historic depot began with Fremont's petition to bring Amtrak service to Centerville in 1991. The petition worked. On June 4, 1993, Fremont welcomed the return of passenger trains to the Centerville station after an absence of 53 years. In December of 1993, the city of Fremont acquired ownership of the depot itself and began to plan its restoration. Of more than sixty "No. 23"-style depots constructed by Southern Pacific between 1896 and 1916, less than a dozen exist today and the Centerville depot is the only one used in rail passenger service.
Info: URL: http://centervilledepot.railfan.net/ (Added: 07-Jan-1999)
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California - Western America Railroad Museum
Barstow, CA - The Western America Railroad Museum collects, preserves and shares the history of railroading in the Pacific Southwest for all who love railroads and railroading. W.A.R.M. provides educational forums with interpretive and historical displays that focuses on both Railroad History and the development of Railroad Technology. The Western America Rail Museum is proud to be housed in the legendary "Casa Del Desierto".
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Florida - South Florida Railway Museum
Deerfield Beach, FL - Located in the historic former Seaboard Air Line station building in Deerfield Beach, the South Florida Railway Museum's goal is to preserve the history of railroads in southern Florida, and educate the public about the
importance of railroads in the region past and present. The SFRM is also an active model railroad group, with a 16x10 layout in operation and a 20x100 permanent layout display under construction.
Info: URL: http://www.sfrm.org/ (Added: 21-May-2001)
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Georgia - The Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History
Kennesaw, GA - The Museum is home to the Rodgers, Ketchum & Grosvenor (1855 -Patterson,N.J.) locomotive known as the General, made famous by the Civil War Great Locomotive Chase. The museum sits within 100 feet of where the General was stolen, next to one of the busiest railroad lines in the country (100 trains/day). There is a 1904 L&N depot and a full scale locomotive factory (the Glover Machine Shop)that operated from circa 1880 thru 1995. The company manufactured locomotives from 1900 thru 1930+. The museum's locomotive assembly line is belt driven and has original restored machinery from 1860 thru 1900 in place along the assembly line. The archives recently acquired the Southern Railway Archives some 6,000 cubic feet of railroad history from 1880 to 1980. The museum is in the process of adding a new railroad education center and additional archives storage facilities. Ya'll come on down and visit a spell.
Info: URL: http://www.southernmuseum.org (Added: 2-Jun-2004)
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