| Rail Transportation Museums to Visit
 Railroad Museums Throughout the West are dedicated to the acquisition, preservation, research, exhibition and interpretation
of railroad artifacts for the public's learning and enjoyment. Preservation, research and interpretation of these objects
helps communicate the lessons of history, in order that present and future visitors may learn from the past.
The following list of rail transportation museums, with links to
museum web sites, is provided for additional information. These museums preserve and exhibit original railroad cars, locomotives
and other artifacts. Most offer interpretive school or group tours. Many also offer rides in vintage railroad cars.
For
specific questions about the museums, visitor hours, school arrangements or their collections, please visit their web site
or contact them directly.
Arizona:
Arizona Railway Museum, 330 E. Ryan Rd., Chandler, AZ 85224, (480) 821-1108
Southern California:
Lomita Railroad Museum,
2137 West 250th Street in Lomita, California 90717, (310) 326-6255
Orange Empire Railway Museum,
2201 South A Street, Perris, California 92572, (909) 657-2605
Pacific
Railroad Museum, 210 W Bonita Ave, San Dimas, California 91773, (562)
692-4858
Pacific Southwest Railway Museum,
31123-1/2 Highway 94, Campo, California 91906, (619) 478-9937 (weekends)
Travel Town Museum, Griffith Park, 5200 Zoo Dr, Los
Angeles, California 90027, (323) 662-5874
Western America Railroad Museum, 685 North First Street
Barstow, California 92311, (760) 256-WARM
Northern California:
California State Railroad Museum, 111 "I" Street, Sacramento, CA
95814, (916) 445-7387
Carter Railroad Museum & Adrenwood Historic Farm, 34600 Ardenwood,
Freemont, California 94555, (510) 796-9560
Laws Railroad Museum & Historic Site, U.S. Highway 6 and Silver Canyon Road,
Bishop, California, (760) 873-5950
Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum, 5
Kidder Court, Nevada City, California 95959, (530) 470-0902
Niles Canyon Railway Museum, 5550 Niles Canyon Rd (Hwy 84), Sunol, California 94586, (510) 862-9063
Portola Railroad Museum, 700 Western Pacific Way, Portola, California 96122, (530) 832-4131
Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, Fifth Street, Jamestown, California, (209)
984-3953
San Francisco
Cable Car Museum, 1201 Mason St, San Francisco, California 94108, (415) 474-1887
San Francisco Railway Museum, 77 Steuart Street, San Francisco California 94105, (415) 974-1948
San Jose Historical Museum Trolley Barn, 1600 Senter Road, San Jose, California 95112, (408)287-2290
Western Railway Museum,
Rio Vista Junction, 5848 State Highway 12, Suisun, California 94585, (707) 374-2978
Colorado:
Colorado Railroad Museum, 17155 W. 44th Avenue,
Golden, Colorado 80403, (
800) 365-6263
Pueblo Railway Museum, 200 West B Street, Pueblo, Colorado 81003, (719) 251-5024
Ridgway Railroad Museum, Ridgway, Colorado, (970) 626-5181
Nevada:
Nevada Northern Railway Museum,
1100 Avenue A, East Ely, Nevada 89315, (702) 289-2085
Nevada
State Railroad Museum, 2180 S. Carson Street, Carson City, Nevada, 89703, (702) 687-6953
Nevada
State Railroad Museum/Boulder City, 600 Yucca Street, Boulder City, Nevada 89006, (702) 486-5933
Oregon:
Oregon Electric Railway Museum, 3995 Brooklake Road; Brooks, Oregon, (503) 888-4014
Utah:
Golden Spike National Historic Site, Utah Highway 83 west of Brigham City, Utah,
(435) 471-2209
Washington:
Northern Pacific Railroad Museum, 10 South Asotin Avenue, Toppenish, WA 98948,
(509) 865-1911
Northwest Railway Museum, 38625 SE King Street in Snoqualmie, Washington, (425) 888-3030
Yakima Electric Railway Museum,
South Third Avenue at Pine Street, Yakima, Washington, (509) 249-5962
Railroad Museum Associations:
Association of
Railway Museums, P.O. Box 370, Tujunga, CA 91043-0370, (818) 951-9151
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