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GREELEY FREIGHT STATION MUSEUM
680 10TH
GREELEY, COLORADO 80631-4116 -USA
Location: GREELEY, CO
Phone: 970-392-2934
Description:
RAILROAD MUSEUM
MODEL RAILROAD
RAILCAR(S) ON DISPLAY
RAILROAD DISPLAY
RAILROAD MEMORABILIA ON DISPLAY
Web Site GREELEY FREIGHT STATION MUSEUM HOMEPAGE
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Rave reviews from all over the world are flooding in as the Greeley Freight Station Museum enjoys its second (as of 2012) anniversary of existence located hard by the mainline of the Union Pacific Railroad in Greeley, Colorado.
This one-of-a-kind facility features over 600 railroad-related artifacts ranging from a Virginia and Truckee Railroad switch key to a full-sized Colorado and Southern wooden Caboose available for examining both inside and out.
Designed to appeal to visitors of all ages and nationalities, the GFSM has set record attendance marks in its first two years of operation and has become the leading year-round tourist attraction in Weld County, Colorado. The highlight of the museum is its huge, 5,500 sq. ft. operating miniature railroad dubbed "the finest model railroad I’ve ever seen", by the 30-year senior editor of Model Railroader magazine, Jim Hediger, Milwaukee, WI.
Visitors may actually stroll through this three dimensional creation while the railroad is in operation. They are surrounded by rugged mountains with handmade features including 16,000 fir, 8,000 deciduous and 4,000 aspen trees. Rivers abound. Scenery becomes three dimensional art. The use of cameras is encouraged and guides are available to answer railroad-related questions and to point out unique aspects of this one-of-a-kind modeling wonder. Take a visual tour through this amazing railroad in miniature via the GFSM website, then plan of visiting the museum in person the next time you visit Colorado.
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GUNNISON RIO GRANDE CAR (PRIVATE)
GUNNISON, COLORADO -USA
Location: Approx 5 miles east of town on Hwy 50
Description:
RAILCAR(S) ON DISPLAY
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Comments/Directions:
Nicely restored Rio Grande crew car is on display on private property but right next to the highway. Several old vehicles add to the nostalgia.
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BURLINGTON PARK, BN CABOOSE 12243
FRONT AND LOCUST STREETS
LUCAS, IOWA 50151 -USA
Location: LUCAS, IA
Description:
RAILCAR(S) ON DISPLAY
RAILROAD DISPLAY
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Comments/Directions:
Lucas Iowa is a small town along the ex CB&Q now the BNSF east-west mainline through Iowa. The Chicgo Burlington & Missouri built a passenger station here in 1866. BN 12243 Wide-Vision Caboose is on display in "Burlington Park" on Front Street along side the BNSF tracks.
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DOW CITY MUSEUM
PRINCE AND PARK STREETS
DOW CITY, IOWA 51528 -USA
Location: DOW CITY, IA
Phone: 712-674-3350
Description:
RAILCAR(S) ON DISPLAY
RAILROAD DISPLAY
RAILROAD MEMORABILIA ON DISPLAY
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The city parks museum contains a Rock Island caboose, a country schoolhouse and the Town's original jail. Rock Island #17791 is an outside braced wood sided caboose on display.
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GRINNELL PASSENGER STATION
PARK AND STATE STREETS
GRINNELL, IOWA 50112 -USA
Location: GRINNELL, IA
Description:
RAILROAD DEPOT
HISTORICAL LANDMARK
RAILROAD MEMORABILIA ON DISPLAY
RAILROAD RELATED CAFE/RESTAURANT
RAILROAD RELATED MUSEUM
RAILROAD RELATED SITE
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ex Rock Island Passenger Station, restored and now functions as a resturant. The depot sits at the crossing of the ex Rock Island, (now the Iowa Interstate railroad), and the ex "Louie" (M & St. L), now the Union Pacific railroad.
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EJ&E DEPOT #4 MUSEUM
LOCKPORT STREET AT WOOD FARM RD
PLAINFIELD, ILLINOIS 60544 -USA
Location: PLAINFIELD, IL
Phone: 815-436-4073
Description:
HISTORICAL LANDMARK
RAILCAR(S) ON DISPLAY
RAILROAD DEPOT
RAILROAD MEMORABILIA ON DISPLAY
RAILROAD RELATED MUSEUM
Web Site EJ&E DEPOT #4 MUSEUM HOMEPAGE
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Comments/Directions:
EJ&E Depot #4, EJ&E 514 Caboose, and EJ&E 65296 Box Car on display. The Depot Museum is open to the public during special community events and by appointment.
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Added 01/26/2012
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JEFFERSON STREET FOOTBRIDGE
377 EAST COMMERCIAL STREET
SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI 65803 -USA
Location: SPRINGFIELD, MO
Description:
HISTORICAL LANDMARK
RAILROAD BRIDGE
RAILROAD RELATED SITE
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Comments/Directions:
Jefferson Street Footbridge, is a pedestrian bridge, built in 1902 to accomidate pedestrians trying to cross the busy Frisco Railroad's 13-track north yard to get to business district of Commercial Street, in downtown Springfield Missouri. The bridge is 562-feet long and at the time of it's construction, was one of the longest in the United States.
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