Preservation
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Preservation and Museums
Typically railroad museums. Trains in real railroad liveries are displayed under those railroads.
Preservation, Tourist Railroads and Museums by name or symbol or location
- California State Railroad Museum (CSRM)
- The California State Railroad Museum is a museum in the state park system of California, United States, interpreting the role of the "iron horse" in connecting California to the rest of the nation. It is located in Old Sacramento State Historic Park at 111 I Street, Sacramento. In 1992, Railtown 1897 in Jamestown began operating under the museum.
- Connecticut Antique Machinery Association (CAMA)
- The Connecticut Antique Machinery Association is a museum that preserves historic machinery, located in Kent, Connecticut.
- Delaware and Ulster Railroad (DURR)
- The DURR, in Arkville, New York. The Delaware & Ulster Railroad operation uses trackage in Ulster and Delaware Counties, NY; from Highmount (Grand Hotel) to Roxbury, NY.
- Golden Gate Railroad Museum (reporting mark GGMX)
- The Golden Gate Railroad Museum (GGRM, reporting mark GGMX) is a non-profit railroad museum in California that is dedicated to the preservation of steam and passenger railroad equipment, as well as the interpretation of local railroad history.
- Great Smoky Mountain Railroad (GSMR)
- The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad (reporting mark GSMR) is a freight and heritage railroad based in Bryson City, North Carolina, United States. Since late 1999, the railroad is currently owned and operated by American Heritage Railways, Inc., which also owns and operates the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) in Colorado. The railroad operates excursion trains on the former Southern Railway Murphy branch line between Dillsboro and Nantahala, North Carolina.
- Medina Railroad Museum
- Located in the old New York Central freight depot in Medina, NY, the Medina RR Museum is one of the largest freight depot museums in the country. The building itself was built in 1905-06. It is one of the largest and last surviving wooden freight depots in the United States.
- Pacific Locomotive Association
- The Pacific Locomotive Association, Inc. (PLA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of the physical aspects and atmosphere of Pacific Coast railroading during the period from 1910 to 1960.
- Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad (R&GV)
- Photos related to the R&GV. Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad (R&GV) is the roadname associated with the Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad Museum.
- Stourbridge
- Photos related to Stourbridge Line Rail Excursions
- Strasburg Rail Road (SRC)
- Photos related to the Strasburg Rail Road (SRC)
- Waterloo Central Railway (WCRX)
- The Waterloo Central Railway is a non-profit heritage railway that is owned and operated by the Southern Ontario Locomotive Restoration Society. The WCR operates on the former Canadian National Waterloo Spur now owned by the Region of Waterloo, Ontario, which connects Elmira, St. Jacobs and Waterloo to Kitchener, Ontario by rail.
- Western America Railroad Museum (WARM)
- The Western America Railroad Museum is a railroad museum located in Barstow, California. The museum collects, preserves and shares the history of railroading in the Pacific Southwest. It is located on the east side of the Harvey House Railroad Depot.
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