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Railroad museums, historic depots, and railway attractions.

• California State Railroad Museum — Widely regarded as one of the finest railroad museums in the world, with 19 meticulously restored locomotives and cars telling the story of the transcontinental railroad from the place where it began.
• D&SNG Railroad Museum — Housed in the Durango roundhouse, the museum displays locomotives, rolling stock, and artifacts from the Denver & Rio Grande narrow gauge era. Included with train tickets.
• Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania — One of the premier railroad museums in North America, with more than 100 locomotives and cars — including a world-class collection of Pennsylvania Railroad equipment — displayed in a vast rolling sto…
• National Toy Train Museum — The showplace of the Train Collectors Association, with operating toy train layouts and a collection spanning from the 1800s to today, minutes from the Strasburg Rail Road.
• National Museum of Railroad History & Innovation — Railroad-history museum on Baltimore's historic Mt. Clare site, with collections, restored structures, guided experiences, and selected train rides. Check official hours and admission before travel;…
• Steamtown National Historic Site — National Park Service industrial-heritage site in Scranton, with a historic railroad yard, roundhouse, museums, locomotives, railcars, and seasonal rail experiences. Use 350 Cliff Street; the entranc…
• Colorado Railroad Museum — Colorado railroad-history museum with a 15-acre railyard, more than 100 locomotives, collections, exhibits, walking tours, and selected rail rides. Confirm daily hours and any train-ride schedule dir…