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The railroads of the United States have preserved steam locomotives and rolling stock from the beginning, including equipment from the 1850s (plus replicas of earlier equipment). Many towns have begun to realize that their railroad heritage is about the only thing to attract tourists (and tourist dollars), so new railroad museums continue to be established, often on the basis of one caboose or passenger car or the local train station.

L i n k s

                 
list of railroad museums & tourist lines at Wikipedia

There used to be a wonderful state-by-state listing of Rail Museums for North America that was used in early stages of building this page,
but the website disappeared circa 2017 and all links here were removed in 2018.

National Railroad Museums

Museum of The American Railroad [est. 1963] is moving to Frisco, Texas
Began as exhibit at the Texas State Fair in 1963; founded as the Age of Steam Railroad Museum in 1986; name changed 2006;
shut down exhibit November 2011; moving to Frisco, Texas as-of 2014
official website • entry at Wikipedia

Outdoor displays feature 1941 ALCO simple articulated U.P.R.R. 4-8-8-4 'Big Boy' #4018, 1940 Pennsylvania RR GG-1 class electric locomotive #4903, and newly-acquired N.T.T.C. #332 electric interurban car; full collection includes 4 steam locomotives, 8 diesel locomotives, 1 electric locomotive, 1 narrow-gauge gas-mechanical locomotive, 17 passenger cars, 5 freight cars, 3 cabeese, other equipment.

U.S. National Railroad Hall of Fame [est. 2003] is based in Galesburg, Illinois
official website • entry at Wikipedia

U.S. National Railroad Museum [est. 1956] in Green Bay, Wisconsin
official website • entry at Wikipedia
Special exhibits include British A-4 Class steam locomotive #60008 'Dwight D. Eisenhower' with Ike's WWII London & North Eastern Railroad command cars #1591 & #1592; restored Pullman 1920s 10-1-2 sleeper car 'Lake Mitchell' (as Pullman Porters exhibit); 1941 ALCO simple articulated U.P.R.R. 4-8-8-4 'Big Boy' #4017; Pennsylvania RR GG-1 electric locomotive #4890; General Motors/E.M.D. 'Aerotrain' streamlined trainset #2  ; and 1949 "Merci Train" 40 et 8 car from France — in all, their equipment includes ten steam locomotives, 13 diesel locomotives, the Aerotrain, the PRR GG-1 electric locomotive, 18 passenger cars, 14 freight cars, 6 cabeese, and 10 miscellaneous railroad cars

North Alabama Railroad Museum in Huntsville, Alabama
Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum, south of Birmingham, Alabama
Nevada County Depot [built 1911] & Museum [est. 1978] in Prescott, Arkansas
Wilmington & Western Railroad [est. 1966] operating RR museum in Wilmington, Delaware
roster includes 3 steam locomotives, 2 diesels, 1929 doodlebug, 7 passenger cars (in service), 3 cabeese, other railcars
Union Pacific Railroad Museum [opened 2003] in Council Bluffs, Iowa
Midwest Central Railroad [est. 1960] in Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Kentucky Railway Museum [est. 1954] in New Haven, KY
Bluegrass Scenic Railroad & Museum [est. 1976] near Versailles, KY
Louisiana Steam Train Association [est. 1997]
Amherst [MA] Railway Society
Iron Horse Central Railroad Museum [est. 1963] in Chisago City, MN {NE of MSP}
Lake Superior Railroad Museum [], 506 W. Michigan Street in Duluth, MN
Water Valley [MS] Casey Jones Railroad Museum [est. 1985]
Frisco Railroad Museum in Springfield, Missouri

Fostoria, Ohio Rail Park & Museum []
EnterTRAINment Junction [open 2008] 7379 Squire Court in West Chester, Ohio {near Cincinnati}
includes 5,000-sqft railroad museum, gigantic indoor G-scale layout, cafe & gift shop & hobby shop

Yukon, Oklahoma Railroad Museum
South Carolina Railroad Museum [est. 1973] near Columbia, SC

museums by state {below}:
AZ • CA • CO • CT • DC • FL • GA • IL • IN • ME • MD • MO • NV • NM •
NY • NC • OR • PA • SC • TN • TX • UT • VA • WA • WV • WI

ARIZONA
G.E. Nordell's Arizona Travel / Railroad Links Pages

  Arizona Railway Museum [est. 1983], 330 E. Ryan Road in Chandler, Arizona
1905 H.K. Porter 18"-gauge Homestake Mining Co. 0-4-0CA locomotive #5 at Arizona Railway Museum
1906 Baldwin Southern Pacific RR 2-8-0 steam locomotive #2562 at Arizona Railway Museum
rusty 1937 Fairmont Model S2-D speeder (ex-Verde Tunnel & Smelter
Plymouth 1943 U.S. Army gas-powered 4-wheel 'dinkey' (ex-M. Lummus & Co.) needs repairs
1943 U.S. Army 25-ton railroad crane #C-45
Baldwin 1950 Baldwin Magma Railroad DRS C+C diesel switcher #10 is just operational
1950 Chicago & Northwestern E-8 diesel-electric locomotive #97
Marmon Transmotive Model 9000 Switchmaster diesel-powered 'car mover' is operative
P.C.C. street car #4607 (ex-Toronto, ex-Phoenix)
Milwaukee speeder & flatcar
Pullman 1879? Southern Railway platform office car #101 (sold in 1982 & renamed 'Desert Valley'; donated in 1995)
Pullman 1910 wood-steel AT&SF coach #580 (rebuilt 1917 & 1938; donated in 1997)
Pullman 1927 52-foot AT&SF superintendent's car #405 {donated in 2008}
Budd 1937 AT&SF 52-seat coach #3079 'Diablo Canyon' (Amtrak certified, donated in 2005)
SLCC 1937 Southern Pacific 3-door horse car #7241 (converted 1951, SPMW #5984 1966-94, donated 1995)
Pullman 1938 AT&SF lounge-observation car #1853 'Denehotso' (acquired 1995)
Pullman 1939 4-4-2 drawing room car 'Imperial Manor' (ex-New York Central, ex-Illinois Central, sold to Arizona Rail Car in 1980; stored at museum)
Budd 1946 AT&SF coach-lounge car #3166 'Regal Phoenix' (Amtrak #5236 1971-77; acquired 1996)
Pullman 1947 AT&SF 44-seat coach #2870 (Amtrak #4484 1971-76; donated in 1990)
Pullman 1947 AT&SF observation car 'Vista Canyon' (sold 1994; donated 2001)
Pullman 1948 Frisco RR 14-4 sleeper car #6769 'Eugene Field' {donated in 2010}
A.C.F. 1949 Union Pacific diner car #4815 (U.P. to 1971, Alaska RR to 2001)
Budd 1949 private car 'Adiel Morris' (orig Seaboard coach #42 'West Palm Beach'; SCL #6627; Amtrak #2704; sold 1990)
Pullman-Standard 1950 AT&SF bar-lounge dome car 'Plaza Taos'
Budd 1950 solarium observation car 'Silver Star' (ex-Union Pacific 10-6 sleeper car; recently rebuilt as private car; stored at museum since 6/2013)
1944 shop-built TC&GB woodside caboose #1 served the Phelps Dodge copper mine in Ajo, Arizona (donated in 2006) { color video [15:09] }

Adobe Mountain Desert Railroad Park [est. 1989] in Glendale (north of Phoenix), Arizona
The Sahuaro Central Railroad Heritage Preservation Society was founded in 1989 and signed a no-fee 25-year lease with Maricopa County Parks & Recreation (renewable for another
25 years). The original 80 acres at the Adobe Dam Recreation Park has expanded to 160 acres; the museum is closed for the summer (too hot!) and is open to the public from mid-September to mid-May. Co-tenants include Arizona Model Railroading Society [est.1984, moved in 1996] which operates N-scale and HO-scale indoor layouts and a G-scale outdoor/garden layout,
and Maricopa Live Steamers [moved in 1996], which has installed approximately 14 miles of 7½-inch gauge model railroad track.
official website • no entry at Wikipedia

CALIFORNIA
G.E. Nordell's California Railroad Links Pages
Carson & Colorado / Nevada & California / Southern Pacific Narrow-Gauge Railroads [1880-1960] Page
Nevada County Narrow Guage Railroad [1876-1942] Page
Sierra Railway in California [est. 1897] Page

Black Butte Center for Railroad Culture [est. 2007] just south of Weed, California

Folsom Railroad Museum [est. 1998], 198 Wool Street in Folsom, California

Great Western Railroad Museum & Excursion Train [1982-c1990] in McCloud, California

Lomita Railroad Museum [est. 1966], 2137 West 250th Street in Lomita, California
watch 2-part local TV show online at YouTube: 2/2011 upload part 1 [8:17] • 9/2010 upload part 2 [5:46]
exhibits include 1902 Southern Pacific class M-6 2-6-0 Mogul steam locomotive #1765 & whaleback tender; 1910 U.P./O.W.R.&N. wood-sided
caboose #25730; 1913 U.P. wooden boxcar; 1923 Union Oil tank car #103; 1949 AT&SF metal-sided caboose #999531

Market Street Railway preservation group in San Francisco, California

Pacific Southwest Railway Museum in La Mesa & Campo, California

'Roots of Motive Power' Railroad History Museum in Willits, California

San Francisco [CA] Cable Car Museum [est. 1974]

San Francisco [CA] Railway Museum [est. 2006]

  San Luis Obispo [CA] Railroad Museum [est. 2000] at the S.P.R.R. Freighthouse [built 1894, restored 2014]

Santa Maria Valley [CA] Railway Historical Museum

South Coast Railroad Museum [est. 1983; renamed 1991] in Goleta, California

Western American Railroad Museum in Barstow, California

Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California

California State Railroad Museum [est. 1976, opened 1981] in Old Sacramento, California
official website • entry at Wikipedia
California State Railroad Museum Foundation [est. 1981]
Sacramento Southern Railroad [est. 1984]

Fewer than 30 full-size steam locomotives built prior to 1880 exist in the United States; C.S.R.M. has seven of them.
The roster includes 21? steam locomotives and 19 first & second-generation internal combustion locomotives.
http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/668/files/csrm_roster_january_2007.pdf
Norris 1862 4-4-0 Central Pacific RR steam locomotive #1 'Gov. Stanford' - cosmetically restored, on indoor display
Cooke 1863 4-2-4T Central Pacific #3 / Southern Pacific steam locomotive #1 'C.P. Huntington' - cosmetically restored, on indoor display
Baldwin 1873 4-4-0 Virginia & Truckee steam locomotive #12 'Genoa' - fully restored and on indoor display
Baldwin 1873 2-6-0 Virginia & Truckee steam locomotive #13 'Empire' - cosmetically restored, on indoor display
Baldwin 1875 narrow-gauge 4-4-0 North Pacific Coast steam locomotive #12 'Sonoma' - cosmetically restored, on indoor display
Baldwin 1875 2-4-0 Virginia & Truckee steam switcher #21 'J.W. Bowker' - cosmetically restored, on outdoor display at Central Pacific Passenger Depot
Baldwin 1879 narrow-gauge 2-6-0 Nevada Short Line steam locomotive #1 on static display
shops-built 1882 2-6-2T Central Pacific steam locomotive #233 is awaiting restoration
ALCO 1908 4-6-0 Northwestern Pacific steam locomotive #112 in storage
Lima 1920 0-6-0 Union Pacific steam locomotive #4466 - operated at the museum until 2001
Baldwin 1921 4-6-2 Southern Pacific steam locomotive #2467 on loan from P.L.A. pending boiler work
Porter 1942 0-6-0T Granite Rock steam locomotive #10 - operating as C.R.S.M. excursion train at Old Sacramento, California
Baldwin 1944 4-8-4 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe steam locomotive #2925 in storage
Baldwin 1944 2-10-4 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe steam locomotive #5021 in storage
Baldwin 1944 4-8-8-2 Southern Pacific RR cab-forward articulated steam locomotive #4294 - cosmetically restored, on indoor display

E.M.D. 1939 SW-1 Sacramento Northern diesel-electric switcher #402 is operational
E.M.D. 1939 SW-1 Southern Pacific diesel-electric switcher #1000 is stored awaiting restoration
Baldwin 1948 class DS44-1000 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe diesel-electric locomotive #2260 is in storage
Baldwin 1949 class DRS66-1500 Southern Pacific diesel-electric locomotive #5208 is operational
E.M.D. 1949 F-7 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe diesel-electric locomotive #347C painted in Warbonnet color scheme is operational
E.M.D. 1950 F-7 Western Pacific diesel-electric locomotive #913 is operational
Fairbanks-Morse 1951 class H-12-44 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe diesel-electric locomotive #608 is in storage
E.M.D. 1952 F-7 Southern Pacific diesel-electric locomotive #6402 is in storage
E.M.D. 1954 E-9 Southern Pacific diesel-electric locomotive #6051 is operational
ALCO 1959 class RSD-15 'Alligator' Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe diesel-electric locomotive #9820 is in storage
E.M.D. 1972 SD-45T-2 Southern Pacific diesel-electric locomotive #6819 is operational
E.M.D. 1979 F-40PH Southern Pacific diesel-electric locomotive #6051 painted in Daylight color scheme (ex-Amtrak 281) is operational

a listing of rolling stock & other equipment will be added here

                 
Pacific Locomotive Association [est. 1961] in Fremont, California
same website as Niles Canyon Railway • entry at Wikipedia
Niles Canyon Railway [est. 1987] heritage/tourist railroad is operated by P.L.A.
official website • entry at Wikipedia
Golden Gate Railroad Museum [est. 1975] moved in as tenant/partner in 2007
official website • entry at Wikipedia

The Pacific Locomotive Assn. was founded in 1961; the Niles Canyon Railway heritage/tourist railroad was founded in 1987]; the Golden Gate Railroad Museum [est. 1975] moved from San Francisco in 2007. The N.C.R. operates on 9.2 miles of track, not counting the huge restoration and storage yard at Brightside, California. The P.L.A. collection includes 8 steam locomotives, 13 diesel & gas locomotives, 2 gas-powered motorcars, 27 passenger cars, 10 cabeese, and 44 freight & work cars; the G.G.R.M. collection includes 1 steam locomotive, 3 diesel locomotives, and 6 passenger cars.
unique 1964 Krauss-Maffei ML-4000 class diesel-hydraulic locomotive (acquired from C.S.R.M. in 2008)

          
Orange Empire Railway Museum [est. 1956] in Perris, California
official website • entry at Wikipedia
Grizzly Flats Railroad [est. 1938]: official website • O.E.R.M. webpages

further details of locomotives, rolling stock, and other equipment will be added here

Western Railway Museum [est. 1946, renamed circa 1980] in Solano County, California
official website • entry at Wikipedia

Peninsular Rwy interurban car #52 is operational
Peninsular Rwy interurban car #61 is awaiting restoration
Petaluma & Santa Rosa interurban car #63 is operational
San Francisco & Napa Valley interurban car #63 is awaiting restoration
Cedar Rapids & Iowa City interurban car #111 is operational
Key System interurban car #182 is awaiting traction motor repairs
Key System interurban car #186 is in storage
Key System interurban car #187 is operational
Tidewater Southern interurban car #200 is awaiting restoration
Salt Lake Garfield & Western interurban car #306 is partly restored
Bamberger interurban car #400 is awaiting restoration
Richmond Shipyard Rwy interurban car #561 is operational
Richmond Shipyard Rwy interurban car #563 is cosmetically restored
Interurban Electric Rwy interurban car #600 is awaiting restoration
Salt Lake & Utah interurban car #751 is operational
Sacramento Northern interurban car #1005 is recently restored & operational
San Diego Trolley interurban car #1018 is operational
San Francisco-Sacramento interurban car #1019 (ex-Sacramento Northern #1019) is awaiting restoration
Oakland Antioch & Eastern interurban car #1020 is operational (restored as trailer)
Portland Traction Co. interurban car #4001 is being restored
Sacramento Electric Gas & Railway streetcar #14 is awaiting restoration
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. streetcar #46 is awaiting restoration
Stockton Electric streetcar #52 is awaiting restoration
Sacramento Northern streetcar #62 is out of service
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. streetcar #63 is awaiting restoration
San Francisco Municipal Rwy streetcar #178 is operational
Blackpool Transit streetcar #226 awaits repair of traction motor
East Bay Street Railways streetcar #352 is operational
Key System streetcar #271 needs electric & brake work
Melbourne & Metropolitan tram #648 is operational
Key System streetcar #987 awaits repair of traction motor
San Francisco Municipal Rwy streetcar #1003 is operational
San Francisco Municipal Rwy streetcar #1016 is operational
San Francisco Municipal Rwy streetcar #1153 is awaiting restoration
San Francisco Municipal Rwy streetcar #1258 is operational
Great Northern caboose #X344 is partly restored
Sacramento Northern Rwy caboose #1632 is being restored
Central California Traction Co. electric box motor locomotive #7 is operational
Sacramento Northern 44-ton diesel locomotive #146 is being restored
Kennecott Copper Corp. electric steeple cab locomotive #407 is on display
Visalia Electric 44-ton diesel locomotive #502 is operational
Sacramento Northern electric box motor locomotive #602 is awaiting restoration
Sacramento Northern electric steeple cab locomotive #652 is cosmetically restored
Sacramento Northern electric steeple cab locomotive #654 is operational
Kennecott Copper Corp. electric steeple cab locomotive #700 is on display
Kennecott Copper Corp. battery-operated steeple cab locomotive #771 is in storage
Key System electric steeple cab locomotive #1001 is operational
Salt Lake Garfield & Western 44-ton diesel locomotive is awaiting restoration
ALCO 1909 Western Pacific RR 4-6-0 steam locomotive #94 is stored serviceable
ALCO 1929 Western Pacific RR MK-71 class 2-8-2 steam locomotive #334 is in storage

Laws Railroad Museum & Historic Site [est. 1964] near Bishop, California museum official website • town entry at Wikipedia original 1883 structures include the Laws Depot (houses the museum), the agent's house, the A-frame 'armstrong' turntable, and the wooden water tank the circa-1914 ranch house was moved to the museum in the 1970s and then restored

1909 narrow-gauge S.P. locomotive #9 and several railroad cars are on static outdoor display
narrow-gauge diesel mine engine 'Old Smokey' from the Pine Creek Tungsten Mine [1918-2001], with first aid car; both restored operational in 2008
Brill 1927 narrow-gauge Death Valley Railroad Co. gas-powered motorcar #5 was restored in 2004 at the Laws Museum
Plymouth narrow-gauge gas-mechanical yard engine #11
1883 V&T-built C&C yellow baggage-caboose #1 on display at the Laws Museum
C&C red wooden box car #7 is on display at the Laws Museum
S.P.N.G. red wooden boxcar #17 is on display at the Laws Museum
S.P.N.G. red wooden box car #132 is on display at the Laws Museum
S.P.N.G. red wooden stock car #168 is on display at the Laws Museum
S.P.N.G. red wooden combine #401 is on display at the Laws Museum

Laws was a station on the Carson & Colorado / Nevada & California / Southern Pacific Narrow-Gauge Railroads from 1883 to 1960.

RailGiants Train Museum [est. 1953 by R.L.H.S.] at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona
official website • entry at Wikipedia

Arcadia AT&SF Depot [built 1887, moved 1923, 1969, 1989]
ALCO 1887 Outer Harbor Terminal Railway 0-6-0 switcher locomotive #2
Baldwin 1903 United States Potash Co. outside-frame narrow-gauge 2-8-0 steam locomotive #3
1909 Sunkist Growers 2-truck Climax-geared steam locomotive #3
ALCO 1926 Southern Pacific 4-10-2 steam locomotive #5021
ALCO 1926 Union Pacific 4-12-2 steam locomotive number #9000
Baldwin 1927 AT&SF 4-6-4 Hudson steam locomotive #3450
ALCO 1941 Union Pacific "Big Boy" steam locomotive #4014
G.M. EMD 1969 UP DDA40X Centennial diesel locomotive #6915
Pullman 1923 New York, Chicago & St. Louis ('Nickel Plate') RR business car #6 'William Fletcher'
AC&F 1923 AT&SF wooden cupola caboose #1314
Pullman 1930 AT&SF horse express car #1992
GATC 1950 Union Refrigerator Transit Line ice-cooled refrigerator car #67806
and two 'track motor cars' (MoW speeders?)

official City website • Foundation

COLORADO
G.E. Nordell's Colorado Travel / Railroads Pages
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad [est. 1970] in New Mexico & Colorado Page
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad [1870-1988] Page

Broomfield Depot Museum.

Buena Vista Depot Museum [opened 7/2011]

The Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad Roundhouse is now used by the Colorado Springs Interurban RR Museum. The museum owns 18 streetcars, two DTC electric trolley buses, two DTC Mack-built buses, a 70-foot Southern Pacific RR baggage car repainted with Rock Island colors, and D&RGW work caboose #01501.

The Denver & Rio Grande RR depot at 17 Main Street now houses the Creede Historic Museum.

1895 Midland Terminal Railway depot now serves as part of the Cripple Creek Museum

‘new’ 15-stall roundhouse built in 1989 {8 stalls are the Durango, Colorado museum}.

Georgetown Loop [est. 1884] Historic Mining & Railroad Park in Colorado

The 1901 Great Western RR depot at Loveland, Colorado is being moved to Granby to house the Moffat Road Railroad Museum []

Greeley Freight Station Museum in Greeley, Colorado

former Union Pacific station in Julesberg, Colorado is now a museum

        
Colorado Railroad Museum [est. 1959] in Golden, Colorado
great collection of standard- and narrow-gauge locomotives & rolling stock; rides available every Saturday;
museum exhibits & store; outdoor garden & live steam layout, indoor HO-scale layout
official website • entry at Wikipedia
Colorado Railroad Museum's YouTube Channel [est. 5/2010]

Steampunk Day at the Railroad Museum [May 2018 = #3?]
Day Out With Thomas The Tank Engine at the Railroad Museum [September 2018 = #?]
Polar Express Train Ride™ at the Railroad Museum [daily in December 2018]
"Wheels Of Mis/Fortune: Pullman’s Legacy of Innovation, Idealism, and Exploitation" exhibit [new 5/2022]

1880 Denver, Leadville & Gunnison narrow gauge 2-8-0 locomotive #191
1881 Denver & Rio Grande Western C-28 class standard gauge 2-8-0 locomotive #583/683 - in roundhouse for restoration (2015)
1881 Denver & Rio Grande Western coal-fired narrow gauge C-19 class 2-8-0 locomotive #346 - running weekly, 1979-2023; overhaul 2023-2024
1890 Manitou & Pikes Peak #1 0-4-0T cog wheel steam locomotive on display in parking lot
1896 Denver & Rio Grande Western C-18 class narrow gauge 2-8-0 locomotive #318 is operative
1898 DB&W, later R.G.S. narrow-gauge 2-8-0 locomotive #30 is owned by the City of Boulder.
1899 Rio Grande Southern narrow-gauge 4-6-0 #20 is fully restored and operational 8/2020!
1902/1928 Denver & Rio Grande Western K-37 class narrow gauge 2-8-2 Mikado locomotive #491
{in storage since 1970, signed over 6/2013, operational 8/2014}
1920 Union Pacific #4455 0-6-0 switcher operated at the Laramie [WY] Portland Cement plant until 1965
1920 American Oil Company's #1 0-4-0T switcher operated at the Standard Oil/Amoco plant in Casper, Wyoming until 1962
1931 Rio Grande Southern narrow-gauge Galloping Goose #2
1934 Rio Grande Southern narrow-gauge freight-only Galloping Goose #6
1936 Rio Grande Southern narrow-gauge Galloping Goose #7 operates on some weekends
1940 Chicago Burlington & Quincy 4-8-4 locomotive #5629
1940s Golden City & San Juan centercab diesel-electric switcher #4
1957 former Rock Island SW-900 diesel switcher #550, purchased by Coors in 1981, renumbered #C988
1962? Denver & Rio Grande Western GP-30 diesel-electric locomotive #3011 was cosmetically restored in 2022.
1971 Denver & Rio Grande Western F-9 diesels 5771 & 5762
Denver & Rio Grande narrow-gauge four-wheel 35-ton diesel switcher #50
U.S. Gypsum narrow gauge four-wheel diesel switcher 'Pee Wee'

1879? D&RGW narrow-gauge 4-wheel wooden caboose #0578
1880 D&RGW narrow-gauge passenger coach #280 is owned by the City of Boulder.
1881 D&RGW passenger coach #284 - being restored (2015); repaired/repainted 2023
1882 D&RG/RGS narrow-gauge postal-business-work car 'Rico' or 'Montezuma'
1880s Chicago Burlington & Quincy business car #96 restoration begun 10/2022
1887 Colorado Midland RR observation-chair car #111 restoration begun 10/2022
1887 Rio Grande Southern narrow-gauge work crew house car #01789
1895 D&RGW narrow-gauge wooden caboose #04990 is owned by the City of Boulder.
1898 Florence & Cripple Creek narrow-gauge boxcar #588
1899 Colorado & Southern standard-gauge rotary snowplow #99201 was cosmetically restored in 2022; repaired/repainted 2023.
1902 Rio Grande Southern narrow-gauge wooden work caboose #0404
1902 Denver & Rio Grande narrow-gauge gondola car #1217
1929 Western Fruit Express refrigerator car ACDX #5400 repainted with Coors Beer billboard
1949 Union Pacific streamliner dining car #4801 'Tahoe' purchased in 2013 and in use for meetings & parties.
1969 narrow-gauge White Pass & Yukon steel passenger car #280 'Lake Dease' (purchased in 2015)
1976 narrow-gauge White Pass & Yukon steel passenger car #286 'Lake Kusawa' (purchased in 2015)

AT&SF streamliner observation-sleeper car 'Navajo'
D&RGW RPO car #60
D&RGW narrow-gauge Railway Express Agency baggage car #168
D&RGW business car B-8 is being restored at the museum's roundhouse
Uintah Railway combine car #50 is being restored at the museum's roundhouse (2015)
Union Pacific streamliner passenger coach #5442
two Golden City & San Juan passenger cars are being restored at the museum's roundhouse
Great Western Railway combine car #100 is on outdoor display (2004)

Chicago Burlington & Quincy wedge snowplow (on a flatcar) #205065
Denver & Rio Grande narrow-gauge double-deck livestock car #5666
Denver & Rio Grande narrow-gauge flatcar #6209
D&RGW kitchen car #04255
R.G.S. bunk car
U.T.L.X. (Union Tank Line) narrow-gauge tank car #11058
D&RGW kitchen car #04255

Burlington/C&S wooden caboose #10606 is on display.
CB&Q wooden caboose #13862 is in use for children's birthday parties.
Colorado & Southern narrow-gauge four-wheel caboose #1006
Colorado & Southern narrow-gauge four-wheel caboose #1009 - acquired 12/2018; repaired/repainted 2023
D&SL steel caboose #10060 is on display.
D&RGW wooden caboose #0524 is on display.
D&RGW wooden caboose #0585 is on display.
D&RGW narrow-gauge wooden caboose is lettered for the Georgetown Loop RR and on display.
Denver & Rio Grande narrow-gauge four-wheel wooden caboose #49
Rio Grande Southern narrow-gauge wooden 4-wheel caboose #0400 is lettered for the Georgetown Loop RR and on display.

Forney Museum of Transportation [est. 1961], 4303 Brighton Blvd. in Denver, Colorado
official website • entry at Wikipedia

1897 Porter 0-4-4T Forney steam locomotive (used on urban 'elevated' trains).
1906 Chicago & Northwestern Railway 4-6-0 #444 was sold in 1958 to the Black Hills Central RR, then sold again in 1968 to the Forney Museum.
1906 Denver & Salt Lake Railroad coach 715 is at The Forney Museum of Transportation in Denver, Colorado
1930 Henschel 0-4-0T steam locomotive arrived at the Forney Museum in 1962 {parked downstairs}.
1941 Union Pacific RR 4-8-8-4 'Big Boy' articulated steam locomotive #4005 is on display at the Forney Museum.
Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific RR wooden caboose #17658 sits on outdoor display at the Forney Museum.
wooden caboose lettered as Colorado & Southern #10501 is on display inside the Forney Museum.

            
Pueblo Railway Foundation & Museum [est. 2003], 201 West B Street in Pueblo, Colorado
Pueblo Locomotive & Rail Historical Society [became P.R.F.M. in 2003]
official P.R.F.M. website • no entry at Wikipedia

1944 AT&SF 4-8-4 Northern steam locomotive #2912 - cosmetic restoration continues at P.R.F.M. based on funding
1951 Colorado & Wyoming GP-7 diesel locomotives #102, #103, #104 - all three are operative
D.O.T. G.E. U30C diesel locomotive #001 - stored, not operable
CF&I G.E. narrow-gauge 25-ton diesel switcher #11 'Dinky' - on loan & being restored for service
G.E. 44-ton center-cab switcher (on loan from Canon City & Royal George Scenic Railway).
single-truck Belgium Trolley #1245 - built for Brussels, Belgium; ex-Cyprus Gardens in Florida; set for use on Riverwalk line
Rohr 'Aιrotrain' rail hovercraft [built 1970]  
1910 Colorado & Southern wooden caboose #10538 is on display at the Pueblo Railway Museum.
1946 Amtrak passenger coach #5410 (seats are removed, used for meetings & classes, short jaunts)
1946 Great Northern express mail box car #2649
1951 U.S. Army AH&D-built self-propelled 40-ton diesel crane #C-289 - acquired 1999, in regular use
C&W/CF&I homemade steel caboose #3 is and on display at the Pueblo Railway Museum
Colorado & Western steel caboose #100 is in stationary use as visitor center for the Pueblo Railway Museum.
Missouri Pacific steel caboose #123-4 is on display at the Pueblo Railway Museum
D&RGW steel caboose #01432 is painted yellow & silver and on display at Pueblo Railway Museum
BNSF MOW dining car #951868- converted box car for feeding track crews
BNSF MOW kitchen car #951864 - converted box car
BNSF MOW tool car #951859 - box car with a diesel generator for kitchen & dining cars
ASFX Special Purpose Car used by American Assn. of Steel Manufacturers for inspecting and testing trackwork.

Limon Heritage Museum and Railroad Park, 899 First Street in Limon, Colorado
official museum website • town entry at Wikipedia

yellow passenger cars #660 & #665 from the Cadillac & Lake City excursion train that ran south out of town are on display
blue office-diner car from the Cadillac & Lake City excursion train that ran south out of town are on display
yellow Union Pacific steel cupola caboose #25670 is on display
1890 wooden boxcar contains the museum's saddlemaker exhibit
CMSTP&P speeder #8068 & trailer car is on outdoor display
rusty N&W Pullman passenger car #1093 is parked at Limon, Colorado
Union Pacific MOW wedge snowplow #900016 is parked at Limon, Colorado

CONNECTICUT
Danbury [CT] Railway Museum [built 1903; est. 1994]

FLORIDA
Florida East Coast Railway [est. 1885] Page
Gold Coast Railroad Museum [est. 1957] in Miami, Florida

GEORGIA
Southeast Railroad Museum [est. 1970] in Duluth (Atlanta), Georgia
Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History [est. 1972, expanded 2003] in Kennesaw, Georgia

ILLINOIS
Elizabeth [IL] Railroad Museum [est. 1995]
Kankakee [IL] Railroad Museum [est. 1999]
Illinois Railway Museum [est. 1941] in Union, Illinois

INDIANA
The National New York Central Railroad Museum is located in Elkhart, Indiana
Indiana Transportation Museum, north of Indianapolis, Indiana
Whitewater Valley Railroad operating railroad museum [est. 1972], east of Indianapolis, Indiana
  Hesston Steam Museum [est. 1956] in La Porte County, Indiana

KENTUCKY

Bluegrass Railroad Museum [est. 1976, moved 1986] Located at Falling Springs Center in Woodford County, Kentucky; 175 Beasley Road, Versailles, KY the new railroad museum is in a rebuilt depot; the trains operate at 2pm each Saturday & Sunday from May thru October with many special events, including the re-enactors & Civil War Train event twice a year; train is usually pulled by N&W diesel #675 and goes west to Young's High Bridge [built in 1889, abandoned 1983] at Tyrone, Kentucky then backs up to home station; route approx. 7 miles one way, trips take about 90 minutes; several locomotives and many cars on static display

Nostalgia Station Toy & Train Museum [open 1987]
279 Depot Street (corner of Depot & Douglas Street) in Versailles, Kentucky
located in a restored Louisville & Nashville depot [built 1911, open 7/1987]

MAINE

MARYLAND
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum [est. 1953] in Baltimore, Maryland
The Martin F. O'Rourke Memorial Railroad Library [est. 2007] in the PRR Tower at Old Bowie, Maryland

MINNESOTA

Lake Superior Railroad Museum [est. 1973], 506 W. Michigan Street in Duluth, MN
housed at the historic Duluth Union Depot [built 1870]
museum entry at Wikipedia • depot entry at Wikipedia

        
North Shore Scenic Railroad [est. 1990] is owned & operated by L.S.R.M.
N.S.S.R. operates on 28 miles of lakeside track using several locomotives, notably Great Northern Railway EMD NW5 #192, DM&IR EMD SD18 #193, Budd Rail Diesel Car #9169, Soo Line EMD GP30 #700, and Soo Line FP7 #2500; steam locomotives have included Duluth & Northern Minnesota #14, Soo Line #1003, Milwaukee Road #261, Soo Line #2719, and newly-restored 1906 Duluth & Northeastern 2-8-0 Consolidation #28.
official North Shore Scenic Railroad website • North Shore Scenic Railroad entry at Wikipedia

MISSISSIPPI
  Martin & Sue King Railroad Heritage Museum [opened in 2009] in Downtown Cleveland, Mississippi
The McComb City Railroad Museum [built 1901; est. 2003] in McComb, Mississippi

MISSOURI
Aerotrain #1 {as #3} is at the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri

NEVADA
G.E. Nordell's Nevada Travel / Railroads Page
Carson & Colorado / Nevada & California / Southern Pacific Narrow-Gauge Railroads [1880-1960] Page
Virginia & Truckee Railroad [1869-1950, rebuilt 1972 & 2006] in Nevada Page

Nevada State Railroad Museum [est. 1980] in Carson City, Nevada
Friends of the Nevada State Railroad Museum - Carson City, Nevada

Nevada State Railroad Museum [est. 1996] in Boulder City, Nevada

NEW  MEXICO
G.E. Nordell's New Mexico Travel / Railroads Page
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad [est. 1970] in New Mexico & Colorado Page

Harvey House Museum [built 1910], 104 No. First Street in Belιn, New Mexico
state webpage for Belιn Harvey House Museum

New Mexico Rail Road & Transportation Museum in Las Cruces, New Mexico
Wheels Museum of Transportation [est. 1998] in Barelas District of Albuquerque, New Mexico

NEW  YORK
Oyster Bay, Long Island Railroad Museum

NORTH  CAROLINA

North Carolina Transportation Museum [open 1983], between Winston-Salem & Charlotte
official website • entry at Wikipedia
Friends of The North Carolina Transportation Museum [est. 1977] in Spencer, NC

Hamlet Historic Depot [built 1900, moved 2004, in use by Amtrak], 2 W. Main Street in Hamlet, North Carolina
official website • entry at Wikipedia
1839 4-2-0 steam locomotive 'Tornado' (rebuilt 1892, restored 2009) is inside the Tornado Building, 7 W. Main Street in Hamlet, NC

The National Railroad Museum and Hall of Fame [est. 1976], 120 Spring Street in Hamlet, North Carolina
no official website • entry at Wikipedia

NORTH  DAKOTA

   North Dakota State Railroad Museum [est. ??], 3102 - 37th Street NW in Mandan, North Dakota   

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

Rockhill Trolley Museum [est. 1960], 430 Meadow Street in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania
official website • entry at Wikipedia (with roster)

T.C.A.'s National Toy Train Museum [est. 1977] in Strasburg, PA

SOUTH CAROLINA

South Carolina Railroad Museum [est. 1983], 110 Industrial Park Road in Winnsboro, South Carolina

SOUTH DAKOTA

South Dakota State Railroad Museum [est. 1994, new building open 5/2010], 222 Railroad Avenue in Hill City, South Dakota

TENNESSEE

Casey Jones Home & Museum [est. 1965] in Jackson, Tennessee
L&N Depot & Museum in Etowah, Tennessee
Southern Appalachia Railway Museum in Knoxville, Tennessee

Tennessee Central Railway Museum [est. 1989], 220 Willow Street, near Downtown Nashville
T.C.R.M. owns or uses nine E.M.D. diesel locomotives, 25 passenger cars, seven freight/MoW cars, and ten cabeese.
official website • entry at Wikipedia

Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum [est. 1960 as R.L.H.S. chapter] near Chattanooga, Tennessee
Land donated in 1969 & 1977 by the Southern Railway included the 986-foot-long Whiteside Tunnel and about 3 miles of abandoned right-of-way;
acquired L&N Hook and Eye branch in 2004. Track mileage unclear.
official museum website • museum entry at Wikipedia • steam locomotives page

Baldwin 1891 Central of Georgia Rwy 4-4-0 steam locomotive #349 - on display at nearby children's hospital
ALCO 1904 Southern Railway Ks-1 class 2-8-0 steam locomotive #630 (restored in March 2011)

Baldwin 1911 Southern Railway Ms-1 class 2-8-2 Mikado steam locomotive #4501 (restored in 1966 & 2014)
4501 entry at Wikipedia
"And Then There Was One" color documentary about #4501 [2016] directed by Evan Lofback, narrated by Danny Harmon
watch full movie [9/2016 upload; 1:33:22] online at YouTube

1919 Canadian National 4-6-2 Pacific class #5288 - on display
Baldwin 1920 K&T 2-8-2 Mikado steam locomotive #6910 - sidetracked for cosmetic restoration
ALCO 1945 U.S. Army/U.S. Air Force RSD-1 diesel locomotive #8669
G.M. EMD 1950 Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis RR GP-7 diesel locomotive #710

Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton 1952 U.S. Army steam locomotive #610 (restored in 1991, under repair)
G.M. EMD 1950s U.S. Army GP-7 diesel locomotives #1824 & #1829
G.M. EMD 1953 Southern Railway E-8A diesel locomotive #6914 is being restored
G.M. EMD 1962 Southern Railway GP-30 diesel locomotive #2594 (on loan from N.R.H.S. Atlanta Chapter)
Pullman 1917 Baltimore & Ohio RR platform observation private car #98 'Eden Isle'
Pullman 1920 Southern Pacific 8-5 sleeping car 'Clover Colony'
Pullman 1922 Southern Railway passenger coaches #1000 & #1688 Pullman 1924 Southern Railway dining car #3158
Pullman 1925 Central of Georgia RR partitioned 'Jim Crow' passenger coach #906
AC&F 1947 Central of Georgia RR 'Jim Crow' passenger coach (partition removed) #907

TEXAS

Galveston Railroad Museum [] operated by The Galveston Center for Transportation & Commerce
official website • entry at Wikipedia
1954 Fairbanks Morse 2000hp H20-44 Portland Cement Company diesel switcher #410 - donated in 1984, painted in Union Pacific colors
much other rolling stock, not listed here; still recovering from Hurricane Ike of 2008

Martin & Frances Lehnis Railroad Museum [est. 2007] in Brownwood, TX
official website • entry at Wikipedia {empty}
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Kress Depot
1902 Baldwin AT&SF 2-6-2 steam locomotive #1080
AT&SF business car #408 & AT&SF caboose #999275
next door is the Brownwood, Texas Santa Fe Depot & Fred Harvey House

Railway Museum of San Angelo [est. 1997]
in the Historic Orient/Santa Fe Depot [built 1910], 703 So. Chadbourne Street in San Angelo, Texas
official website • entry at Wikipedia {empty}
GE 44-ton AT&SF diesel #461, GP-9 diesel locomotive painted blue for South Orient RR, AT&SF cupola caboose & AT&SF steel boxcar

UTAH
G.E. Nordell's Utah Travel / Railroads Page

Tooele Valley Railroad & Mining Museum [est. 1983], 35 No. Broadway in Tooele City, Utah  

VIRGINIA

Eastern Shore Railroad Museum [est. 1988] in Parksley, Virginia
Railroad Museum of Virginia [] in Portsmouth, Virginia
Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, Virginia

WASHINGTON  state

Chehalis-Centralia Railroad & Museum [est. 1986] in Chehalis, Washington
Northwest Railway Museum [est. 1957] and Snoqualmie Valley Railroad in Washington

Washington,  DC
http://amhistory.si.edu/onthemove/collection/object_2.html
http://amhistory.si.edu/onthemove/collection/object_15.html

WEST VIRGINIA
Cass Scenic Railroad [built 1901] State Park [est. 1961] of West Virginia

WISCONSIN
the National Railroad Museum in Wisconsin is listed in the 'national museums' section above.

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