Exhibits

The museum currently has two Amtrak locomotives on temporary loan from Dynamic Rail Preservation. These locomotives continue the narrative of passenger rail service in … Read More

In 1947, a grassroots movement spread throughout the United States to donate basic necessities such as food, clothing, children’s toys, medicine, and fuel to … Read More

Coming Fall 2023!

Even though the railroad became the predominant mode of travel by the late 19th century, rails often only connected major towns and … Read More

Built by the Wagner Palace Car Company of Buffalo, N.Y., in 1899, for the then-president of the company, Dr. William Seward Webb, the car … Read More

The construction of Boulder City and Hoover Dam was such a massive undertaking that it took three railroads to make it possible. The Los … Read More

In the mid-1950s, Nuclear Rocket Development Station (NRDS) was created at Jackass Flats within Area 25 of the Nevada Test Site. Administered by the … Read More

From the day it achieved statehood on October 31, 1864, through to the present day, railroads have been vital to the economic development of … Read More