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Virginia - Altavista Train Station
Altavista, VA - The Train Station, a former Southern Railway station, is located on Washington Street in Altavista. It has been renovated and houses a community room for use by businesses, civic groups, and individuals for meetings, private parties and off-site training sessions. Complete with a well-equipped kitchen, the Community Room features dinnerware and numerous railroad pictures, memorabilia and items reflective of the early days of the Town of Altavista.
Info: URL: https://www.altavistava.gov/about-us/visit-altavista/attractions/114-altavista-train-station.html (Added: 1-Nov-2016)
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Virginia - C&O Railway Heritage Center
Clifton Forge, VA - The Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society is proud to offer The C&O Railway Heritage Center | Clifton Forge. This Center is a railway heritage museum, interpretive, educational, and visitor's center that tells the story of the C&O Railway: the people, the places, and the technology. The story is the essential American tale of how our nation grew, how we lived and worked, and how we were all connected together by twin rails of steel. The purpose of this center is also to honor the memory and contribution of all the railroaders who built the railroads that allowed our nation to prosper, and all those railroaders who continue to keep America moving by rail.
The Goal of the Center is to be an inspiring, stimulating place that delights all who visit and leaves them with an understanding of the heritage of American Railroading. It is also designed to attract visitors and stimulate the economy of our community. Finally, it is to be a center of the Alleghany Highlands community, of the C&O Historical Society, and of all the railroad centers within Virginia's Rail Heritage Region.
Info: URL: http://cohs.org/heritage/ (Added: 4-Nov-2016)
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Virginia - Crewe Railroad Museum
Crewe, VA - Climb on a diesel engine, a caboose, and our steam engine # 606 that has recently arrived. View a baggage cart and other railroad articles that were used. In the station, enjoy a room full of pictures and artifacts with their history. We have a display of the Crewe Roundhouse and trains of the steam era by Al Gerard of Washington, N.C. and a model train layout by Ron Timma of Jetersville, VA to delight the young and old railroad buffs alike! During the month of December every year we have a Holiday and Christmas Layout Tour planned to include our trains and a 50ft layout that is fantastic. Don't forget Homecoming the second weekend of May each year!
Info: URL: https://www.virginia.org/listings/Museums/CreweRailroadMuseum/ (Added: 4-Nov-2016)
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Virginia - Fairfax Station Home Page
Fairfax, VA - Take a step back in time and discover the Fairfax Station Museum and the role it played in the history of Northern Virginia.
A key element in the development of the regional economy from its completion on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad in 1854, it played a critical role in the American Civil War and was the center of local community life for almost a century until modern highways and rail transportation made local train depots a thing of the past. The Station was an important supply and medical evacuation site during the Civil War where Clara Barton, later the founder of the American Red Cross, assisted in relief and evacuation efforts in 1862 during the Second Battle of Bull Run.
Museum displays, activities and events help preserve local history and promote railroading. Come explore Civil War history, railroading and the fascinating story of our local community.
Info: URL: https://www.fairfax-station.org/ (Added: 13-Jun-2000)
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Virginia - O. Winston Link Museum
Roanoke, VA - The O. Winston Link Museum collection comprises the striking photographic and auditory works developed by photographer-artist O. Winston Link between 1955 and 1960. A successful commercial photographer from New York, Link brought his studio outdoors to create carefully arranged images designed to convey the end of the steam propelled Norfolk & Western Railway and the communities and countryside along the right of way.
Covering much of Western Virginia and bordering portions of North Carolina, West Virginia and Maryland, Link took advantage of the region's then unique combination of mountainous terrain, sparsely arranged populations and steam rail infrastructure to capture the end of America's once thriving industrial age.
Link was prolific, taking more than 2,000 images and 100 7-inch reels of sound recordings in 21 trips. Today, Link's work constitutes the single most important photographic series taken of the region. Largely ignored for more than 20 years following their production, Winston's work enjoyed a series of international exhibitions, recordings and two published books beginning in the 1980s. Today, Link's N&W images are known worldwide. Wishing that his legacy be preserved and remain available to the communities he traversed, Link began negotiations with Roanoke's Historical Society of Western Virginia in 2000, personally selecting the site for the Museum, the former N&W Passenger Station.
Today, in addition to Link's work from 1955 to 1960, we collect non-railroad prints created by the artist and all of his photographic equipment, including a reproduction of his dark room. We also are the repository for the negative collection of The Roanoke Times daily newspaper.
Info: URL: https://roanokehistory.org/historical-society-of-western-virginia/owl-main-page/ (Added: 4-Nov-2016)
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Virginia - Rappahannock Railroad Museum
Fredericksburg, VA - Rappahannock Chapter NRHS museum displays housed in ex Pennsylvania RR, Railway Express messenger car. Other cars equipment open for tours. March through October and at other times - weather, equipment, and crew permitting - passenger excursions on open air Maintenance of Way equipment. Come by on a Saturday morning and visit our two cabooses, baggage car, and newly opened museum buildings, which feature a host of railroadiana, as well as operating model railroad layouts of various gauges!
Info: URL: https://rrmuseum.org/ (Added: 1-May-2012)
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Virginia - Richmond Railroad Museum
Richmond, VA - the Old Dominion Railroad Museum strives to interpret the social and economic impact that the area
railroads and their employees had, and continue to have, on the Richmond area and its citizens.
In the fall of 2011 the Old Dominion Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society moved from its former location in a Railway Express car to its restored Southern railway passenger station on the same site. The new facility now includes a stationmaster's office, the freight room where the chapter's donated artifacts and exhibits are displayed, a gift shop, and a room for a layout by a model railroad club. On view outside are a steam saddle locomotive, baggage car and caboose. Free tours are given by knowledgeable hosts. The museum focuses on railroad companies which served central Virginia and their impact on Richmond and its citizens.
Info: URL: http://www.richmondrailroadmuseum.org/ (Added: 15-Jul-2000)
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Virginia - Suffolk Seaboard Station Railroad Museum
Suffolk, VA - Our museum contains a collection of items from the Seaboard Airline Railroad, the Virginian Railway, the Norfolk and Western Railroad, and the Atlantic and Danville Railroad. Items include bells from steam locomotives, a light from a steam locomotive tender, cast iron and concrete signs, railroad lanterns, railroad tools, as well as a nice collection of smaller items. The smaller items include silver items used in dining cars, office items used in the agent's offices, and advertising items. There are also a number of models of railroad locomotives and cars used by the railroads.
Info: URL: https://www.suffolktrainstation.com/ (Added: 3-Nov-2016)
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Virginia - U.S. Army Transportation Museum
Fort Eustis, VA - The U.S. Army Transportation Museum is devoted entirely to the history of U.S. Army transportation from colonial days to the present. It offers a unique glimpse of the importance of logistical support to the Army, and is a must when visiting the Virginia Peninsula.
The U.S. Army Transportation Museum artifact collection numbers just under 7,000 objects, plus another 1,000 exhibit props. The collection includes nearly 100 macro artifacts ranging from planes, helicopters, tugboats and landing craft to trucks, jeeps, hovercraft and trains.
Info: URL: https://transportation.army.mil/museum/ (Added: 4-Nov-2016)
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Virginia - Virginia Museum of Transportation
Roanoke, VA - Virginia Museum of Transportation Home of N&W 611
In Roanoke, the Norfolk & Western Railway designed and built America's most advanced steam locomotives.
Come experience the only remaining examples of the N&W's legendary success at the Virginia Museum of Transportation: the N&W Class A 1218 and the Class J 611. In our Rail Yard, explore historic steam and diesel engines, cabooses, and other rail equipment as modern trains rumble past. Inside the Museum, enjoy model trains, hands-on exhibits, and stroll among our antique automobiles, truck and bus exhibits and our new Wings Over Virginia Aviation Gallery!
Info: URL: http://www.vmt.org/ (Added: 13-Jun-2000)
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