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:
For research on other major railroads, you may wish to contact the following museums and historical societies:
- 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
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