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Illinois - Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Historical Society Museum
Watseka, IL - The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Historical Society has opened a museum in two rooms of the Watseka Union Station in Watseka, Illinois. In the late 1980's the Watseka Union Depot was acquired by the Watseka Historical Society and moved about 300 feet east of the original location. A new basement was constructed under the relocated building and it was then lowered to its new foundation. The historical group then began the restoration project to restore the station to its original appearance. The facility now provides a location for various Watseka area functions such as dinners, charity events and even wedding receptions. The depot level consists of a main waiting room, a ladies waiting room, former office and baggage area for the Toledo Peoria and Western and the former office and baggage area of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad.
Info: URL: http://www.ceihs.org/travelers_main_1.html (Added: 11-Jan-2005)
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Illinois - Elizabeth Depot Museum
Elizabeth, IL - The Chicago Great Western Railroad Depot on Myrtle Street in downtown Elizabeth, Illinois was constructed in 1888 and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Sites. Just as in the past, the depot was the center of activity in Elizabeth, focusing on the railroad's business with freight and passengers. So it is expected, the new depot museum will once again make this building the center of activity for the village, focusing now on residents and tourists, re-discovering the historic past.
The Elizabeth Historical Society has opened the old passenger waiting room in the depot as a local history museum.
Info: URL: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/6306/elizabeth.htm (Added: 21-May-2001)
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Illinois - Lincoln Depot
Springfield, IL - When Lincoln left Springfield to start his inaugural journey on February 11, 1861, he paid an
unforgettable tribute to his friends and neighbors known today as the Farewell Address. Lincoln
spoke these famous words as he boarded a special Presidential train at the Great Western Railroad
station, now a restored Lincoln visitor site.
Info: URL: http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/sites/depot.htm (Added: 3-Sep-2000)
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Illinois - Union Depot Railroad Museum
Mendota, IL - Recognizing the influence of the railroad to the Mendota area. Union Depot Railroad Museum featuring a large operating HO model of 1940's, a replica telegraph office, railroad memorabilia, and actual railroad cars including: CB&Q Steam, Engine #4978 and Waycar #14454, SP "Golden Trencher" Diner, and Milwaukee Road Combine Car #2713
Info: URL: http://www.mendotamuseums.org/ (Added: 25-Feb-2001)
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Indiana - Big Four Depot, Anderson, IN
Anderson, IN - The "Big Four" Depot is eligible for the National Register because of its association with events that have made a significant
contribution to the broad patterns of our history. Under the U.S. Department of the Interior criterion category of
Transportation, the building served Anderson as a passenger Depot between 1887 and 1971. It was later renovated as a
facility for study and appreciation of the performing arts and has been a home to the Anderson Young Ballet Theatre since
1985.
Info: URL: http://madisonrails.railfan.net/aybt.html (Added: 12-Oct-2000)
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Indiana - Jefferson County Historical Society
Madison, IN - Adjacent to the museum is the railroad station, an 1895 Victorian gem noted for its octagonal waiting room, which is over two stories tall and capped by a series of stained glass windows. Inside the station are displays telling the story of the Madison and Indianapolis R.R., the first railroad in Indiana. The history of the famous Madison Incline railroad cut is told with a working scale model of the Incline, and an interactive computer animation, created by the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, of the 1868 hill-climbing locomotive "Reuben Wells"
Info: URL: http://www.jchshc.org/exhibits.htm (Added: 21-May-2001)
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Indiana - Linden Depot Museum
Linden, IN - The Linden Railroad Museum is adjacent to the present-day Indianapolis-Chicago mainline of the CSX Railroad (formerly the Monon) and the abandoned and removed Norfolk Southern Railroad (formerly the Nickel Plate).
The depot, built in 1907, is the oldest intact junction depot in Indiana and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The depot has been restored to the 1950-era of railroading and is operated as a museum by the Linden-Madison Township Historical Society.
Info: URL: http://www.thinkbluemarketing.com/visitors/museums.html (Added: 10-Jan-1999)
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Maine - Oakfield Railroad Museum
Oakfield, ME - Our Museum is dedicated to the early years of Railroad Transportation. Besides seeing the historic wood frame station building, you can be intrigued by hundreds of photographs- some of which are over a century old. There are also vintage signs and advertising pieces, signal lanterns, original railroad maps, telegraph equipment, newspapers, a Hand Car and a Motor Car, restored mail carts, the C-66 caboose, and a weathervane that came from the top of the old water tower that was demolished in 1982. We even have a small scale model of our Railroad Station!
Info: URL: http://www.ainop.com/users/oakfield.rr/Oakfield-rr-museum.html (Added: 25-Feb-2001)
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Maryland - B&O Railroad Station Museum
Ellicott City, MD - Housed in the "Oldest Railroad Station in America", this landmark site is a living history museum concentrating on the early years of America's first railroad, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Period living historians interpret daily life on the railroad and in Ellicott City from 1827 through 1868. The museum offers a wide variety of artifacts, 19th century memorabilia, and a 1927 I-5 Caboose.
In the adjacent Freight House, visitors enjoy an operating 40' HO-gauge model train layout of the original thirteen miles of track stretching from Baltimore to Ellicott City and award winning videos, which change with the programs.
Info: URL: http://www.ecborail.org/ (Added: 25-May-2003)
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Maryland - Friends of President Street Station
Baltimore, MD - The historic 1849 President Street Station, the oldest big city train station in America, has been restored in 1997 after a 15-year long battle to serve as the Baltimore Civil War Museum. The terminal of the old Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad was later absorbed into the Pennsylvania Railroad. Construction was supervised by Isaac Ridgway Trimble, later a Confederate major general who participated in the famed Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg. Longtime head of the line during the 1850s and 60s was President Samuel Morse Felton who notified detective Alan Pinkerton of the existence of an assasination plot against President Abraham Lincoln on his way to his inaguration in Washington in February 1861, causing Lincoln to re-route his trip and pass through Baltimore at night. Several months later the station was also the site of the "First Bloodshed of the Civil War" on Friday, April 19, 1861 as the 6th Massachusetts volunteer militia regiment accompanied by the 26th and 27th Pennsylvania regiments ("The Washington Brigade") were attacked while attempting to pass through to get to the Nation's Capital for its defense after the earlier firing on Fort Sumter and the subsequent call by the President for 75,000 volunteers to suppress the rebellion. The Baltimore Civil War Museum has displays and multi-media presentations regarding the railroad history, unique architecture of the station, as an Underground Railroad escape route and its Civil War heritage with the occupation of Baltimore and the state. It is on the National Register of Historic Places and is operated by the Maryland Historical Society (website: http://www.mdhs.org) and supported by the Friends of President Street Station, Inc. The PSS is also on the list of the Maryland Civil War Trails program.
The site is located at 601 South President Street; Baltimore, MD
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Maryland - Marion Station Railroad Museum & Gift Shoppe
Marion, MD - Restored PRR Passenger Station The Marion Station was purchased in April of 1997 by John & Kathy Poulson with the sole intention of creating office space, with little regard for the heritage surrounding the railroads role in the economy of Marion. As they stripped away layers of changes made by previous owners, a new sense of reverence for what this building once stood for began to emerge. They soon became enthusiastic about restoring rather than renovating. The construction project soon became their personal archeological site, uncovering old bottles,PRR inkwells, rubber stamps, Railway Express Agency and Adams Express Money Order Signs, brass baggage tags, wax seal and numerous receipts,
money orders, baggage tickets from as early as 1898
Info: URL: http://trainweb.com/marionstation/ (Added: 24-Sep-2000)
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Maryland - Save The Oakland Maryland Railroad Station
Oakland MD - The Oakland Railroad Station was built in 1884 and was one of the unique designs from Francis Baldwin. It provided a cornerstone for growth in Garrett County as the focal point for the growing forestry, coal and tourism industries.
The Save the Oakland Station Committee was formed in August of 1996 by the Greater Oakland Business Association. Their strong belief is that the Oakland Railroad station could once again provide a cornerstone for growth in Garrett County.
Info: URL: http://www.oaklandmd.com/train/index.html (Added: 23-Feb-2001)
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Massachusetts - Friends of Bedford Depot Park
Bedford, MA - Friends of Bedford Depot Park was incorporated in January 1995 as a non-profit (501-C-3) organization. It now has over 250 members throughout the country. The group is: Helping the Town establish Bedford Depot Park at the Minuteman Bikeway terminus; Restoring vintage Boston & Maine Railroad Rail Diesel Car #6211 for static display and Researching and preserving the history of the narrow-gauge Billerica & Bedford Railroad and the B&M's former Lexington and Reformatory Branches.
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