Railroad Preservation

Having visited the excellent California State Railroad Museum over the weekend, I wanted to spend a few words on railroad preservation activities in the U.S.

As a European, one may be really surprised to see how many tourist and historic railroads and railroad museums there are in this country. I mean, the view in Europe is basically that the (passenger) trains are non-existent in the United States and when you come here, you’ll find a lot of very dedicated people working on preserving what’s left of the railroad history in this country. Obviously, railroads had a major role in the history - maybe without railroads the western part wouldn’t have been settled that quickly - and there are a lot of excellent facilities here. Now, I cannot claim to have visited or even have heard of every each one of them, but still, the following are among my favorites:
California State Railroad Museum
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum

Posted in: Uncategorized | November 24, 2004 2:28 pm