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Indiana - Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum
North Judson, IN - Home of Chesapeake & Ohio 2789. Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum is a non-profit (501-c-3) all volunteer organization with the goals of: Bringing together
people who are interested in preserving, restoring and maintaining interest in railroading, railroad history and railroad items from
the past to the present.
The organization has established a working railroad museum on the former right-of-way of the Erie Railroad, through North
Judson. Land, buildings, railroad cars and locomotives have been donated from numerous individuals and corporations to help
establish this railroad museum.
Info: URL: http://hvrm.railfan.net/ (Added: 3-Sep-2000)
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Indiana - Indiana Railway Museum
French Lick, IN - the official site of the Indiana Railway Museum and the French Lick, West Baden & Southern Railway
Come take a ride with us and journey back to the days when the railroad was considered the most luxurious way to travel. You will ride aboard historic pieces of rail equipment on a 1 3/4 hour, 20 mile round trip, which will take you through portions of the scenic Hoosier National Forest, the 2200 foot Burton Tunnel, and past impressive limestone cuts.
Info: URL: http://www.indianarailwaymuseum.org/ (Added: 21-May-2001)
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Indiana - Indiana Transportation Museum
Noblesville, IN - We are a volunteer run, non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve Indiana's railroad history, educate the public in the history of the railroad, and provide our visitors with an opportunity to experience railroad travel as it used to be. Our Museum and restoration facilities are located in Noblesville, Indiana, only 20 miles north of downtown Indianapolis. We operate on 38 miles of track once known as the Indianapolis & Peru, and more recently, as the Nickel Plate Road.
Info: URL: http://www.itm.org (Added: 29-Jan-2001)
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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 - Monon Connection
Monon,IN - The Monon Connection Museum and Whistle Stop Restaraunt,
located 1 ½ miles north of Monon,IN. on Hwy. 421, offers a world class
collection of artifacts and memorabilia from the railroads bygone era.
Museum exhibits include an exquisite display of dining car china and silver,
hundreds of hand-held lanterns, some dating back to pre Civil War,
dozens of immaculately restored brass steam locomotive bells and whistles,
a completely furnished, full size replica of an Illinois Central depot, plus
numerous other authentic pieces that will enable visitors of all ages to relive
a time when the railroad was the king of the transportation industry.
Info: URL: http://www.mononconnection.com (Added: 7-Dec-2005)
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Indiana - National NYC RR Museum
Elkhart, IN - National NYC RR Museum. The Museum was founded in 1987 and is an ever growing preserver of both local and national railroad heritage. Elkhart is a natural home for the museum; its rail yard is among America's largest. Then, just as it is today, Elkhart was a vital link between East and West during our country's growth.
Info: URL: http://www.nycrrmuseum.org/ (Added: 10-Jan-1999)
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Indiana - New Haven & Lake Erie
New Haven, IN - Just east of New Haven, Indiana (near Fort Wayne), our train ride is just minutes from the I-469 / US 30 Interchange. We are at the intersection of Ryan and Edgerton Roads just one mile north of Dawkins Road (see map). Take a relaxing 20-minute train ride through a pleasant hardwood forest typical of northern Indiana. You'll ride in hand-made wooden coaches built by the owner and ride behind locomotives built before WWII! Most of the narrow gauge equipment are German or Polish origin (600-mm gauge).
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Iowa - Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad
Boone, IA - Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad Bring the family & friends, pack a picnic lunch, come early and ride the trolley and then "Catch the Train!" Operating 7 days a week rain or shine Memorial Day weekend through October 31.
Electric trolley and Chinese steam engine
operate on weekends and holidays.
Beautiful, exciting 15 mile round trip
(Wolf Train 22 mile) over two great
bridges and through the Des Moines river
valley.
Info: URL: http://www.scenic-valleyrr.com (Added: 13-Jun-2000)
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Iowa - General Dodge House
Council Bluffs, IA - General Grenville M. Dodge has been called "the greatest railroad builder of all time" because of his role as chief construction engineer of the Union Pacific Railway and his subsequent railroading career, which spanned the globe. Born in the East, he first saw Council Bluffs while making a railroad survey, and was so captivated by the West that he made this city his home in 1853. His participation in the American Civil War was marked with outstanding military success, and
Built in 1869 , Dodge's handsome Victorian home at 605 Third Street cost $35,000, a lavish sum for that day. The fourteen room, three story mansion stands on a high terrace overlooking the Missouri Valley, and displays architectural features such as parquet floors, cherry, walnut, and butternut woodwork, and a number of "modern" conveniences quite unusual for the period. In 1963, a concerted effort of the Council Bluffs Park Board and the Historical Society
Info: URL: http://www.dodgehouse.org/ (Added: 4-Jan-2004)
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Iowa - Golden Spike Monument
Council Bluffs, IA - Located at South 21st Street and 9th Avenue This 56-foot golden concrete spike was erected in 1939 with the premiere of the film "Union Pacific." It commemorates the junction of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific rail lines at the Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869.
Info: URL: http://parksandrec.councilbluffs-ia.gov/historical.asp?page=4 (Added: 4-Jan-2004)
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Iowa - Midwest Central Railroad
Mt. Pleasant, IA - We are the railroad at the Old Threshers Reunion at Mt. Pleasant Iowa at the worlds biggest steam show. Midwest Central
Railroad is a non profit museum organization that preserves old railroad equipment. Our operating schedule is the 4th of July and Thursday before Labor Day thur Labor Day.
Info: URL: http://homepage.hcil.net/~steam6/ (Added: 13-Nov-2000)
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Iowa - Railswest Railroad Museum
Council Bluffs, IA - The restored 1899 Rock Island Depot in Council Bluffs is known as the RailsWest Railroad Museum and HO Model Railroad. The Depot is on the National Register of Historic Places. With the museum's railcar display and the extensive model railroad this attraction is popular with all ages.
Info: URL: http://www.geocities.com/heartland/plains/5660/railwest.htm (Added: 21-May-2001)
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Iowa - The Union Pacific Railroad Museum
Council Bluffs, IA - The Union Pacific Railroad Museum houses one of the oldest corporate collections in the nation. It includes artifacts, photographs and documents that trace the development of the railroad and the American West. The Collection dates to the mid-1800's, featuring original editions of reports from survey teams that searched for the best land route to join the nation, east to west. Surveying equipment, early rail equipment, and artifacts from the construction of the nation's first transcontinental railroad tell the story of one of the world's construction marvels.
The Union Pacific Collection features promotional materials that helped attract emigrants to the American West, along with a sampling of the precious possessions they brought with them. Visitors to the museum can trace the settlement of the West on an interactive map table that highlights the towns that grew along the railroad's route. The museum also features displays about the heyday of passenger travel and the rail industry's efforts to promote the nation's first national parks.
The story of the American rail industry is a living tale and the museum features exhibits on the past, present and future of America's largest railroad. The Union Pacific Railroad Museum takes visitors on a journey through 140 years of American history, from the 1800's to the 21st century. Innovations and technology in the modern rail business are featured, with displays on modern track laying equipment, the railroad's use of Global Positioning Satellite technology, and the nation's largest privately-owned communication network. Interactive exhibits help explain the role of Union Pacific in the nation's economy and the railroad industry's contribution to modern technology.
Info: URL: http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/history/museum/index.shtml (Added: 4-Jan-2004)
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Kansas - Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad
Abilene, KS - Non-profit organization offers public excursion train rides May through October, private charters and school tours April through December and seasonal dinner trains. From I-70 exit #275, 2 miles south on K-15 (Buckeye St.) across from the Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum. 1-1/2 hour 10 mile round-trip from historic Abilene to Enterprise, Kansas through Smoky Hill River valley.
Info: URL: http://www.asvrr.org/ (Added: 30-Sep-2000)
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Kansas - Heart of the Heartlands
Cherryvale, KS - Heart of the Heartlands is a relatively new group trying to preserve an old way of life.
Formed in 1991, Heartland members are dedicated to providing railroad histories, short excursion rides and motor car trips during the year.
The group was created to provide tourist rides in the southeast Kansas and northeast Oklahoma region, however, the group has evolved into providing rehabilitation and research into train sites in the area.
The group has restored two depots: the Santa Fe Depot in Cherryvale in 1991 and the Missouri Pacific Depot in Carona in 1996.
Info: URL: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/8458/ (Added: 13-Jun-2000)
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