Good Railroad Museums

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Trainnut484

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From: Kansas City area
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Posted by Trainnut484 on Thursday, December 11, 2003 9:42 PM

My vote goes to the St. Louis Transportation Museum. There's a complete MKT freight train, a CB&Q shovel nose and E unit, a UP Bigboy, Milwaukee Rd E2, ATSF 5011, a couple of MoPac passenger cars, and much more.

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Russell

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Anonymous

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April 2003
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 12, 2004 10:49 PM

Interesting that no one mentioned Scranton, Pa.I personally was disappointed with it. I have found the following smaller museums which are a pleasure to visit.

1. Northeast,Pa. - Nice Museum in the station with a nice collection of equipment outside. Nice spot on the CSX(NYC) and NS(NKP) mainlines

2. Conneaut,Ohio - Nice museum again in the station. Standout is NKP 755 on static
display. Also, is on the CSX(NYC) mainline.

3. Mentor,, Ohio- Museum in former station with a retired tower open for viewing next to it. Great train watching spot with CSX and NS action.