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The National Railroad Museum (reporting mark NRMX) [2] is a railroad museum located in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, US. Founded in 1956 by community volunteers, the National Railroad Museum is one of the oldest and largest U.S. institutions dedicated to preserving and interpreting the nation's railroad [3] history.
Trains of Wisconsin. National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI. ISBN 0-9635065-0-1. Wisconsin Department of Transportation. "Travel by rail" Railway and Locomotive Historical Society (1937). The Railroads of Wisconsin, 1827-1937. Boston, MA: Baker Library, Harvard Business School.
Fairfield Art Center, Sturgeon Bay (Story on closure) Fort Bon Secours, Cadott [ 81 ] The Hideout - Al Capone's Northwoods Retreat, Couderay [ 82 ] Kickapoo Indian Caverns, Wauzeka, included a Native American museum [ 83 ] Little Norway, Wisconsin, Blue Mounds, closed in 2012. Madison Museum of Bathroom Tissue.
The rail line used by the Mid-Continent Railway Museum is a spur off the original Chicago and North Western Railway mainline. With the development of the Illinois Iron mine in early 1903, the C&NW sent a team of engineers on July 8, 1903, to survey a route to the iron fields. By August 12, C&NW president Marvin Hughitt had arrived in North ...
A collection of approximately 30 pieces of electric railway equipment [11] is kept in storage barns in downtown East Troy and at Phantom Woods. The museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational corporation run by volunteers. The substation, located at 2002 Church Street in East Troy, is on the National Register of Historic Places. [citation needed]
Western Union Junction Railroad Museum. Categories: Railroad museums in the United States by state or territory. Transportation museums in Wisconsin. Rail transportation in Wisconsin.
Website. spoonertrainride.com. The Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad operates a historic train line centered in Trego, Wisconsin on 26 miles of track, between Spooner, Wisconsin and Springbrook, Wisconsin. It was founded on April 1, 1997. [1][2] The line runs dinner trains, bed and breakfast trains, and scenic sight seeing tours.
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic equipment on museum grounds.