Helpful Railroad Research Information

For further research on the B&O Railroad, Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, Western Maryland Railway, and other mid-Atlantic lines, you may wish to contact the following historical societies:

• Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Historical Society
  P.O. Box 24225
  Baltimore, MD 21227
  Phone: (410) 247-8165
   
• Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Historical Society
  P.O. Box 79
  Clifton Forge, VA 24422
  Phone: 800-453-2647 or (703) 862-2210
   
• Chessie System Historical Society
  7158 Dimmick Rd.
  West Chester, OH. 45069
   
• The Merci Train
  6127 Crestview Lane
  Zephyrhills FL 33542
   
• The Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad Historical Society, Inc.
  219 Princeton Lane
  Bel Air, Maryland 21014-2018
   
• Pere Marquette Historical Society
  P.O. Box 422
  Grand Haven, MI 49417-0422
   
• Western Maryland Railway Historical Society
  P.O. Box 395
  Union Bridge, MD 21791 

• Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum
  1300 Ninth Ave.
  Altoona, PA 16602
  Phone: (814) 946-0834
   
• Amtrak Historical Society
  1579 N. Milwaukee Ave., Ste. 350
  Chicago, IL 60622
   
• California State Railroad Museum
  111 "I" Street
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  Phone: (916) 445-7387
   
• Chicago & North Western Historical Society
  P.O. Box 1270
  Sheboygan, WI 53082-1230
   
• Colorado Railroad Museum
  17155 W. 44th Ave.
  Golden, CO 80402
  Phone: (303) 279-4591
   
• Conrail Historical Society
  P.O. Box 38
  Walnutport, PA 18088-0038
   
• Erie Lackawanna Historical Society
  1 La Malfa Rd.
  Randolph, NJ 07869
   
• Illinois Central Railroad Historical Society
  PO Box 288
  Paxton, IL 60957
   
• Illinois Railway Museum
  P.O. Box 427
  Union, IL 60180
  Phone: (815) 923-4391
   
• Monon Railroad Historical and Technical Society
  P.O. Box 68
  Ladoga, IN 47954-0068
   
• Museum of America's Freedom Trains
  27144 Twenty Mule Team Rd.
  Boron, CA 93516
   
• Museum of Transportation 
  3015 Barrett Station Rd.
  St. Louis, MO 63122
  Phone: (314) 965-7998
   
• National New York Central Railroad Museum
  P.O. Box 1708
  721 S. Main Street
  Elkhart, IN 46515
  Phone: (219) 294-3001
   
• National Railroad Museum
  2285 S. Broadway
  Green Bay, WI 54304-4832
  Phone: (920) 437-7623
   
• National Railway Historical Society
  P.O. Box 58547
  Philadelphia, PA 19102-8547
   
• Nevada State Railroad Museum
  2180 S. Carson St.
  Carson City, NV 89701
  Phone: (702) 687-6953
   
• New York Central System Historical Society 
  P.O. Box 81184
  Cleveland, OH 44181-0184
   
• North Carolina Transportation Museum
  P.O. Box 44
  411 South Salisbury Ave.
  Spencer, NC 28159
  Phone: (704) 636-2889
   
• Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society
  P.O. Box 712
  Altoona, PA 16603-0712
   
• Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
  P.O. Box 15
  Strasburg, PA 17579
  Phone: (717) 687-8629
   
• The Rio Grande Modeling & Historical Society
  Santa Fe Ry. Historical and Modeling Society
  P.O. Box 94
  Derby, KS 67037
   
• Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society 
  P.O. Box 93697
  Pasadena, CA 91109-3697
   
• Southern Railway Historical Society
  P.O. Box 204094
  Augusta, GA 30917-4094
   
• Steamtown National Historic Site
  150 S. Washington Ave.
  Scranton, PA 18503
  Phone: (717) 340-5200
   
• Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
  4119 Cromwell Rd.
  Chattanooga, TN 37421
  Phone: (423) 894-8028
   
• Union Pacific Historical Society
  P.O. Box 4006
  Cheyenne, WY 82003-4006
   
• Virginia Museum of Transportation
  303 Norfolk Ave. S.W.
  Roanoke, VA 24016
  Phone: (540) 342-5670