A Railroad Museum and Tourist Line Guide

Below is a railroad museum and tourist railroad guide featuring nearly all found throughout the country and they have been conveniently broken down by state. I hope to eventually feature many of these in more detail but for now with most having their own website/web page, just click on their respective link to learn more about each. The guide is compiled in alphabetical order by state and I hope you find it useful and helpful, particularly if you are planning a trip/vacation to visit one or more of these tourist railroads/railroad museums.

Foley Museum: 125 E. Laurel Avenue, Foley, AL 36535. 251-943-1818, Open daily Monday – Friday 10-4.

Fort Payne Depot Museum

Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum

Historic Huntsville Depot: 320 Church Street, Huntsville, AL 35801. 256-564-8100. Open March through December, Wednesday – Saturday, 10-4.

North Alabama Railroad Museum

Musuem of Alaska Transportation and Industry

White Pass & Yukon

Arizona Railway Museum

Grand Canyon Railway

Sierra Madre Express

Verde Canyon Railroad

Yuma Valley Railway: 100 North Second Avenue, Yuma, AZ 85364. 928-782-9629. Open January through March Saturday and Sunday at 1 pm, October through May Sunday at 1 pm.

Arkansas & Missouri Railroad

Arkansas Railroad Museum and Cotton Belt Historical Society

Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railway

Fort Smith Trolley Museum

Frisco Depot Museum: Highway 63, PO Box 36, Mammoth Springs, AR 72554. 870-625-7364, Open daily Tuesday through Sunday, 8-5.

Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad

Cable Car Museum, San Francisco

Calico & Odessa Railroad: PO Box 638, Yermo, CA 92398. 760-254-2117, Open Daily 9-5.

California State Railroad Museum

California Trolley & Railroad Corporation

California Western Railroad

Carolwood Pacific Historical Society

Fillmore & Western Railway

Golden Gate Live Steamers

Golden State Model Railroad Museum

Laws Railroad Museum & Historical Park: PO Box 363, Bishop, CA 93515. 760-873-5950, Open daily except Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s, and Easter 10-4.

Lomita Railroad Museum

Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum

Napa Valley Wine Train

National City Depot: San Diego Electric Railroad Association, 922 West 23rd Street, National City, CA 91950. 619-474-4400, Open Saturday and Sunday 12-4.

Nevada County Narrow Gauge Project

Nevada County Traction Company LLC

Niles Canyon Railway

Niles Depot Museum

Orange Empire Railway Museum

Pacific Southwest Railroad Museum

Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Red Car Line

Western Pacific Railroad Museum

Poway-Midland Railroad

Rail Journeys West

Railroad Park Resort

Railtown 1897 State Historic Park

Railway & Locomotive Historical Society

Redwood Valley Railway

Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow-Gauge Railroad

Sacramento Southern Railroad

San Diego Electric Railway Association

San Diego Model Railroad Museum

San Francisco Cable Car Museum

Santa Maria Valley Railway Historical Museum

Shasta Sunset Dinner Train

Sierra Railroad Golden Sunset Dinner Train

Sonoma Train Town Railroad

South Coast Railroad Museum

Timber Heritage Association

Western America Railroad Museum

Western Railway Museum

Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad

Yreka Western Railroad

Colorado Railroad Museum

Colorado Springs & Interurban Railway

Cripple Creek & Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad

Forney Museum of Transportation

Fort Collins Municipal Railway: PO Box 635, Fort Collins, CO 80522. 970-224-5372. Open May through September during weekends.

Galloping Goose Historical Society: 421 Railroad Ave., PO Box 297, Dolores, CO 81323. 970-882-7082, Open May 15 through October 15, Monday through Saturday., 9-5. Museum with fully restored, operating Galloping Goose No. 5.

Georgetown Loop Historic Mining and Railroad Park

Leadville, Colorado & Southern Railroad

Mamtou & Pike’s Peak Railway

Museum of Northwest Colorado

Platte Valley Trolley

Pueblo Railway Museum

Ridgway Railroad Museum

Rio Grande Scenic Railroad

Royal Gorge Route Railroad

The Ski Train

The Tiny Town and Railroad

Windsor Museum: Division of Cultural Affairs and Museum, Town of Windsor, 301 Walnut St., Windsor, CO 80550. 970-674-2439, Colorado & Southern depot of 1882 houses exhibit of U.S. steam-era railroading history.

Connecticut Antique Machinery Association

Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum

Connecticut Trolley Museum

Danbury Railway Museum

Essex Steam Train

Naugatuck Railroad

Shore Line Trolley Museum

SoNo Switch Tower Museum

West Chester Railroad

Wilmington & Western Railroad

Smithsonian Institution

Boca Express Train Museum

Central Florida Railroad Museum

Flagler Museum

Florida Gulf Coast Railroad Museum

Gold Coast Railroad Museum

Largo Central Railroad

Railroad Museum of South Florida's Train Village

Seminole Gulf Railway

Southwest Florida Museum of History

Tampa & Ybor City Street Railway Society

Winter Garden Heritage Museum

Blue Ridge Scenic Railway

Roundhouse Railroad Museum

Georgia Southwestern Railroad

SAM Shortline Excursion Train

Southeastern Railway Museum

Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History

Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad

The Misty Mountain Model Railroad: 4381 Town Creek School Rd., Blairsville, GA 30512. 706-745-9819

Thronateeska Heritage Center

Hawaiian Railway

Kauai Plantation Railway

Lahaina, Kaanapali & Pacific Railroad

Laupahoehoe Train Museum

Pineapple Express: Located at the Dole Plantation in Wahiawa, Hiawaii. (808) 621-8408

American Freedom Dinner Train: 610'/2 Main St., Lewiston, ID 83501. (208) 743-2233 or 888-RR-DINER.

Canyon County Historical Museum

Northern Pacific Depot Museum: PO Box 469, Wallace, ID 83873. 208-752-0111.

Silverwood Central Railway/Theme Park: N 26225 Highway 95, Athol, ID 83801. 208-683-3400. Open weekends in May and September and daily June-August.

Thunder Mountain Line

Amboy Depot Museum

Chatham Railroad Museum

Depot Railroad Museum

Elizabeth Historical Society Depot Museum

Fox River Trolley Museum

Galesburg Railroad Museum

Historic Greenup Depot

Historic Pullman Foundation

Illinois Railway Museum

Kankakee Railroad Museum

Monticello Railway Museum

Museum of Science and Industry

Rochelle Railroad Park & Gift Shop

Silver Creek & Stephenson Railroad

Station Carbondale : 111 S. Illinois Ave., southeast corner of Main and Illinois, Carbondale, IL 62901. 618-529-8040, Open Monday through Friday 9-3 or by appointment. Located in the 1903 Old Passenger Depot, features artifacts from local train history.

Trolley Car 36 : 324 N. Madison St., Rockford, IL 61107. 815-987-8894, Open June through September, Tuesday and Thursday 11-3 and Saturday and Sunday, 12-4.

Union Depot Railroad Museum

Wheels O' Time Museum

Carthage, Knightstown & Shirley Railroad

Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society

Hesston Steam Museum

Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum

Jefferson County Historical Society Museum and Railroad Depot: 615 West First St., Madison, IN 47250. 812-265-2335. Open May 1-Oct. 31, Mon.-Sat, 10-4:30; Sun., 1-4, Nov. 1-April 30, weekdays only.

National New York Central Railroad Museum

Wabash Valley Railroaders Museum

The Whitewater Valley Railroad

The Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad

The Delmar Depot Museum

The Hobo Museum

The Midwest Central Railroad

Rail Merchants International

Rails West Railroad Museum: 1512 S. Main St. Mail: 72 Bellevue Ave., Council Bluffs, IA 51503. 712-323-5182. Memorial Day-Labor Day, closed Mon.; Sat.-Sun., 1-5 in May and Dec. Rock Island depot museum; UP, CB&Q equipment display.

Trainland USA

Union Pacific Railroad Museum

Hub City Heritage Corporation

The Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad

Ellis Railroad Museum

The Great Plains Transportation Museum

Heart of the Heartlands

Liberal Rock Island Depot: Located in Liberal, Kansas. 316-624-3855.

The Midland Railway

The Santa Fe Depot Foundation: 201 E. Sherman, Kingman, KS 67068-1906. 620-532-2142. Open year-round 8:30-11:30 a.m., Mon.-Fri.; some afternoons and Saturdays. Railroad museum and Cannonball Welcome Center. Meeting and/or small party space available.

The Big South Fork Scenic Railway

The Bluegrass Railroad Museum

Kentucky Central Railway: T34 E. 10th St., Paris, Ky. 859-293-0807. Open most Saturdays and by appointment. Louisville & Nashville depot museum.

Kentucky Railway Museum

My Old Kentucky Dinner Train

Paducah Railroad Museum

Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati

DeQuincy Railroad Museum: 400 Lake Charles Ave., PO Box 997, DeQuincy, LA 70633. 337-786-2823 or 337-786-7113. Year-round, Mon.-Fri., 9-4; weekends: 12-4. Museum in Kansas City Southern depot.

The Old Hickory Railroad

The Southern Forest Heritage Museum

Boothbay Railway Village

Cole Land Transportation Museum

Great Northern Narrow Gauge Railroad: Iron Trail Road, Biddeford, ME 04005-0661. (207) 967-4882. Weekends and holidays, July 4-Oct. 12, 11-4. Narrow-gauge train ride through Maine woods.

Maine Eastern Railroad

Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. and Museum

Oakfield Railroad Museum

Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad

Seashore Trolley Museum

Wiscasset Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum

Baltimore Streetcar Museum

Bowie Railroad Station and Huntington Museum

Brunswick Museum

Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum

Ellicott City B&O Railroad Station Museum

Gaithersburg Community Museum: 9 South Sum­mit Ave. Mailing: 506 South Frederick Ave., Gaithersburg,MD 20877. (301) 258-6160, (301) 926-9125. Thurs., Fri., and Sat., 10-2. Included is a steam locomotive, rolling stock, model railroad, historic pictures, and gift shop.

Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum

National Capital Trolley Museum

Walkersville Southern Railroad

Western Maryland Railway Historical Society

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad

Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum

Cape Cod Central Railroad

Chatham Railroad Museum

Edaville Railroad

Lowell National Historical Park

Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum

Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum

Walker Transportation Collection

Adrian & Blissfield Railroad

Bluewater Michigan Chapter NRHS

Capac Community Museum: Located in Capac, Michigan. 810-395-2859.

Coopersville & Marne Railway

Copper Country Railroad Heritage Center

Flushing Area Historical Society & Cultural Center

Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village

Houghton County Historical Museum

Huckleberry Railroad

Iron Mountain Iron Mine

Lake Central Rail Tours

Little River Railroad

Michigan Railroad History Museum

Michigan Star Clipper Dinner Train

Michigan Transit Museum

Old Road Dinner Train

Saginaw Railway Museum

Southern Michigan Railroad

S.S. City of Milwaukee

Steam Railroading Institute

Thomas Edison Depot Museum

Tri-Cities Historical Museum

Como-Harriet Streetcar Line

End-O-Line Railroad Park and Museum

Friends of the 261

Iron World

Jackson Street Roundhouse

Kandiyohi County Historical Society Depot

Lake County Historical Society Railroad and Depot Museum

Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad

Lake Superior Railroad Museum and North Shore Scenic Railroad

Minnehaha Depot

Minnesota Zephyr

North Shore Scenic Railroad

Old Depot Railroad Museum

Booneville Rails & Trails Museum: Located in the GM&O depot in Booneville, MS.

Gulfport Union Depot: Located in Gulfport, MS.

Canton Train Museum: Located in Canton, MS in the former Illinois Central depot.

McComb Depot: Located in McComb, MS in the former Illinois Central depot.

Water Valley Casey Jones Railroad Museum

Corinth Union Station

Meridian Freight House: Located beside the Meridian Union Station in Meridian, MS.

West Point Transportation Museum

American Association of Railroaders

American Railway Caboose Historical Educational Society

Belton, Grandview & Kansas City Railroad

Branson Scenic Railway

Chicago & Alton Railroad Depot

Friends of Landmark Kirkwood Station: Box 221122, Kiikwood, MO 63122. (314) 752-3148. Open Daily. Exhibits housed in former Missouri Pacific station.

Museum of Transportation

Patee House Museum

Railroad Historical Museum

St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway

Wabash, Frisco & Pacific Railroad Association

Charlie Russell Chew-Choo

Copper King Express

Historical Museum at Fort Missoula

Izaak Walton Inn

Montana Heritage Commission

Durham Western Heritage Museum

Fremont & Elkhorn Valley Railroad

Fremont Dinner Train

Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer

Trail & Rails Museum

Nevada Northern Railway Museum

Nevada Southern

Nevada State Railroad Museum

Virginia & Truckee Railroad

Andover Historical Society

Ashland Railroad Station Museum: Located in Ashland, New Hampshire. 603-968-3902.

Cafe Lafayette Dinner Train

Conway Scenic Railroad

Gortham Rail Station Museum: Located in Gortham, New Hampshire.

Hobo Railroad

Mount Washington Cog Railway

Raymond Historical Society

Sandown Historical Society and Museum

White Mountain Central Railroad

Black River & Western Railroad

Cape May Seashore Lines

Delaware River Excursions from the NYS&W Technical & Historical Society

Mahwah Railroad Museum

New Jersey Museum of Transportation

Phillipsburg Railroad Historians

South Jersey Railroad Museum

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad

New Mexico Steam Locomotive & Railroad Historical Society

Santa Fe Detours

Santa Fe Southern Railway

Toy Train Depot

WHEELS Transportation Museum

Adirondack Scenic Railroad

Alco Brooks Railroad Display

Arcade & Attica Railroad

Catskill Mountain Railroad

Central Square Railroad Museum. Railroad Ave: Central Square, NY Mail: Box 229, Marcellus, NY 13036. (315) 488-8208. May 1-October 31, Sun., 12-5. Museum, displays.

Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad

Delaware & Ulster Railroad

Empire State Railway Museum

Hudson Valley Railroad Society

Lehigh Valley Railroad Historical Society

Martisco Station Museum

Maybrook Railroad Historical Society: PO Box 105, 101 Main St., Maybrook, NY 12543. (845) 427-2591. April-October, weekends, 1-4. Museum.

Medina Railroad Museum

National New York Central Railroad Museum

New York Transit Museum

Niagara Frontier Railroad Museum

North Creek Depot Museum

Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad Historical Society Museum

Railroad Museum of Long Island

Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum

Roscoe O&W Railway Museum

Salamanca Rail Museum

Trolley Museum of New York

Tioga Scenic Railroad: Located in Owego, New York. 607-687-6786.

Upper Hudson River Railroad

Utica & Mohawk Valley Chapter, NRHS

Charlotte Trolley

Great Smoky Mountains Railroad

National Railroad Museum and Hall of Fame

New Hope Valley Railway

North Carolina Transportation Museum

Smoky Mountain Trains

Tweetsie Railroad

Bonanzaville, USA

Fort Lincoln Trolley

North Dakota State Railroad Museum

Old Soo Depot Transportation Museum: Located in Minot, North Dakota. 701-852-2234.

Railroad Museum of Minot

AC&J Scenic Line Railway

Buckeye Central Scenic Railroad

Byesville Scenic Railway

Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad

Cincinnati Railroad Club

Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad

Dennison Railroad Depot Museum

Hocking Valley Scenic Railway

Jefferson Depot

Lorain & West Virginia Railway

Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum

Marion Union Station Association

Minerva Scenic Railway

Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation

Ohio Railway Museum

Orrville Railroad Heritage Society

Toledo, Lake Erie & Western Railway & Museum

Train-O-Rama

Turtle Creek Valley Railway

Cimarron Valley Railroad Museum

Farmrail Tourist Train

Frisco Depot Museum: Located in Hugo, Oklahoma. 580-326-6630.

Heritage Express Trolley

Oklahoma Railway Museum

Railroad Museum of Oklahoma

Waynoka Air-Rail Museum

Yukon's Best Railroad Museum: Located in Yukon, Oklahoma. 405-354-5079.

Canby Depot Museum

City of Prineville Railway

Crooked River Dinner Train

Eagle Cap Excursion Train

Medford Railroad Park

Mount Hood Railroad and Dinner Train

Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad

Oregon Electric Railway Museum

Sumpter Valley Railway

Willamette Shore Trolley

Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site

Bellefonte Historical Railroad Society

Catawissa Railroad Company

East Broad Top Railroad

Franklin Institute

Friends of the East Broad Top Museum

Greenville Railroad Park

Electric City Trolley Museum

Lake Shore Railway Museum

Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway

Lincoln Train Museum

National Toy Train Museum

New Hope & Ivyland Railroad

Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad

Old Mauch Chunk Model Train Display

Pennsylvania Trolley Museum

Pioneer Lines Scenic Railway

Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam Train

Portage Area Historical Society

Railroaders Memorial Museum

Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad

Reading Company Technical & Historical Society

Rockhill Trolley Museum

Station Inn

Steamtown National Historic Site

Stourbridge Line Rail Excursions

Strasburg Railroad

Tioga Central Railroad

Tunnels Park Caboose Museum

Wanamaker, Kempton & Southern Railroad

Newport Dinner Train

Rhode Island Railroad Museum

Lancaster and Chester Railway Company

Railroad Historical Center: PO Box 3131, Greenwood, SC 29648. Site: 908 S. Main St. Call for hours.

South Carolina Railroad Museum

Black Hills Central Railroad

Prairie Village

Kalmbach Memorial Library

Bulls Gap Railroad Museum and Community Development Corporation

Casey Jones Museum and Train Store

Cookeville Depot Museum

Cowan Railroad Museum

Little River Railroad & Lumber Company Museum

Lookout Mountain Incline Railway

Lynnville Railroad Preservation Society

Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Depot and Railroad Museum

Southern Appalachia Railway Museum

Tennessee Central Railway Museum

Tennessee Valley Railroad

Three Rivers Rambler

Age of Steam Railroad Museum

Austin Steam Train Association

Grapevine Vintage Railroad

Historic Jefferson Railway

Houston Railroad Museum

McKinney Avenue Transit Authority

New Braunfels Railroad Museum

Railroad and Heritage Museum

Railway Museum of San Angelo

Texas & Pacific Railway Museum

Texas State Railroad Historical Park

Texas Transportation Museum

The History Center

Wichita Falls Railroad Museum

Golden Spike National Historic Site

Heber Valley Railroad

Ogden Union Station Railroad Museum

S&S Shortline Train Park

Tooele Railroad Museum

Western Mining and Railroad Museum

Green Mountain Railroad

New England Transportation Museum

Children's Museum of Virginia

David & Susan Goode Railwalk

Eastern Shore Railway Museum

Fairfax Station Railroad Museum

Historic Manassas

Lancaster Train Collection

O. Winston Link Museum

Old Dominion Railway Museum

Seaboard Station Railroad Museum

U.S. Army Transportation Museum

Virginia Museum of Transportation

Chelatchie Prairie Railroad

Camp Six Logging Museum

Chehalis-Centralia Railroad

Dayton Historical Depot Society

Lake Whatcom Railway

Mt Rainier Scenic Railroad

Northwest Railway Museum

Washington State Railroads Historical Society Museum

Waterfront Streetcar

Cass Scenic Railroad

Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad

Harpers Ferry Toy Train Museum: Located in historic Harpers Ferry. 304-535-2291.

Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum

New River Train

Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad

Brodhead Historical Society Depot Museum

Camp 5 Museum

Colfax Railroad Museum: Located in Colfax, Wisconsin. 715-962-2076.

East Troy Electric Railroad Museum

Locomotive & Tower Preservation Fund

Mid-Continent Railway Museum

Mining Museum and the Rollo Jamison Museum

National Railroad Museum

New Glarus Depot: Box 475, New Glarus, WI 53574. Site: 418 Railroad St. (608) 527-2335

New London Railroad Museum: 101 Beckert Roard, Apt. 204, New London, WI 54961. (920) 982-5186 or (920) 982-8557. June-August, 1st & 3rd Sun., 1-4 or by appointment.

Osceola & St. Croix Valley Railway

Railroad Memories Museum

Riverside & Great Northern Railway

Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad

Douglas Area Chamber of Commerce

Roundhouse Restoration

Wyoming Transportation Museum

For more on railroad museums, like those above, please visit, and consider joining, the American Rails Forums, a family-friendly community where there are plenty of knowledgeable folks to help answer any questions you might have.

Also, if you are interested in a museum that is not listed above please do not hesitate to contact me and if I do now know about the place myself I will hunt around or ask until I do!