What’s your favorite Train Museum?

I haven't seen them all but I really like the Pa. museum. That isn't to say I didn't like the others.

Pennsylvania Railroad is a favorite.  Steamtown is my other favorite. 

Of those I have visited, my top three to date would be:

1. California State Railroad Museum (Sacramento)

2. Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania (Strasburg)

3. B&O Railroad Museum (Baltimore)

My tops are:

Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City, Nv. Lots of V&T and a really nice museum. 

Local narrow gauge, steam weekends four times a year, come and watch for

free or minimal charge to ride the steam trains and the Mckeen car all day,

Illinois Railroad Museum at Union, Illinois. Out in the middle of nowhere, but

lots of stuff including a gorgeous restored Zephyr.  Haven't been in 20 years

but it still looks the same online. 

California State Museum in Old Town Sacramento. Amazing and this is the 

Museum Tom Sefton donated his amazing standard gauge collection to. 

Again, I have not been in several years, but there were big plans for this 

museum. 

B&O, Baltimore... great parking lot... i'd like to try tailgating there some day.

Maybe I'm biased since I've been going there since I was little, but the Conneaut Train Museum... My parents took me, now I'm taking my little boys to see the 755

My favorites

1 California State Railroad Museum

2 Colorado Railroad Museum Golden Colorado

3 St Louis Rail Road Museum Kirkwood Missouri

4 B & O Museum Baltimore Md

5 Pennsylvania Museum Strasburg Pa

6 Nevada Museum,Carson City Nv

Steamtown Scranton Pa

Mikey

I've only had the opportunity to visit the PRR museum at Strasburg. From what I've seen of some of the others on the Net. I would have to say it's a HUGE tie with ALL of them at number one. They ALL have GREAT stuff and none of it is the same. What's NOT to LIKE?

Simon likes then all!

I've been to all mentioned above, except Conneaut, and favor the Colorado one in Golden.  I was at the Nevada one years ago, before McKeen car was restored, so need to go back to it.  It was a rusty hulk on back of lot when l saw it.

I have to question the person saying the Mckeen car at the Nevada State Railroad

Museum was a rusting hulk a year ago. I have lived in this area for 20 years

and it has been restored and running for most of them. It definitely was not

a rusting hulk a year ago. Check your facts, sir. 

Think I misread, sorry

My top three are,

1. Railroad Museum of PA (Strasburg)

2. Virginia Museum of Transportation (Roanoke)

3. Norfolk Southern Heritage Museum (NS HQ Norfolk VA)

beardog posted:

Think I misread, sorry

 

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Simon

I liked the original Edaville, which is long gone. The place is still operating under new ownership, but all the good stuff is gone.
That leaves the Branford Trolley Museum, and the Canadian Railway Museum.

IRM

Rusty

California state in Sacramento

Hands down - National Railway Museum in York, UK.  Could spend hours just in their "warehouse".

Honorable mention to Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg and Illinois Railway Museum in Union.

Love the Toy Train Museum, but I was thinking "real trains".  Haven't been to Sacramento.

Simon Winter posted:

I've only had the opportunity to visit the PRR museum at Strasburg. From what I've seen of some of the others on the Net. I would have to say it's a HUGE tie with ALL of them at number one. They ALL have GREAT stuff and none of it is the same. What's NOT to LIKE?

Simon likes then all!

Umm... Those Museums that Horde and have rusting Hulks only to destroy them years later because it's too much $$ to save them.

Honestly, I haven't been to too many museums to really make a good decision. I do like

IRM

RR memorial Museum in Strasburg, Pa

The B&O RR Museum

The Canadian RR museum in Ottawa

Altoona RR Museum

Oklahoma RR museum

Steamtown

The Readin Co Technical and Historical Society. [They are trying!]

Although I haven't been there in years, I enjoyed the time I spent at the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum in Portland, Maine. They have a great collection of narrow gauge locomotives. Very cool. 

Tom