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Our museum features more than 150 years of American railroad stories told through unique artifacts and immersive interactive games. Admission is free.
Council Bluffs, IA
Joined September 2011
Miners rest on logs, circa 1900s-1920s. Notice the candles on their hats, comment below if you’ve ever worked by candlelight. Do you know when the headlamp was invented? . Chicago & Northwestern Album #3, Detroit Publishing Company photo.
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Yards in Ogden, Utah, 1884. Both Central Pacific and Union Pacific trains are in this photo as this was the official interchange point for those two railroads crossing the country on the Overland Route.
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Roundhouse in Colton, California, 1887. An early bring your children to work day?
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Don’t go into the light! . Even at night, trains are still moving, so remember to stay at least 25 ft away from the railroad tracks. A diesel locomotive in Council Bluffs, Iowa, circa 1940s.
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Hope they are not afraid of heights! . Alfred A Hart stereocard, in Boca, California, circa August 1868.
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Union Pacific photographer, Vincent H. Hunter (at top) liked getting up close for a good picture. Can you guess what this early steam engine was used to haul? .The ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada, c1940.
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Train tracks are like fireworks, better from a safe distance. You should stay at least 25 ft away from live tracks whenever you come across them! . Stay safe out there!
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Today, in 1938, Ethel Merman boards Union Pacific streamliner: “City of Los Angeles,” for New York with her 4-week-old puppy, named “Dogaway.”
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Soldiers from the 95th Infantry Division in Los Angeles, California, arriving from Salt Lake City, on July 8th, 1945. What do you think they’re giving a thumbs-down to?
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Do you know where the name “Dog Days of Summer” came from? Named for the hottest days of the year, it was believed that they brought nature’s fury, bad luck, lethargy and even “mad dogs.” Man’s Best Friend can’t escape heat exhaustion, so be careful out there in the summer heat!
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🎆Happy 4th of July! The Museum is closed today. We will reopen with normal hours, tomorrow, July 5th. Have a safe 4th!🎆
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With its very patriotic paint job, Southern Pacific steam locomotive, SP 4449, a 4-8-4 “Northern” type, was the locomotive that pulled the American Freedom Train across its national tour of the lower 48 U.S. states, in celebration of the Bicentennial between 1975 and 1976.
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🎆We will be closed Friday, July 4th! We hope everyone has a safe Fourth of July! 🎆
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There’s a United States President depicted in this image; can you find it? Can you identify the President? .Union Pacific steam locomotive, UP 7864, a 4-8-2, Mountain type, Cedar City, Utah, circa 1923
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History often comes full circle. Today, horse-drawn carriage rides are a novelty experience in some cities, but could you imagine if that was the only way to get around? This horse-drawn railway car, part of the Omaha Street Railway Company, taken in the 1880s.
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139 years ago today, the first fast fruit special to leave California for eastern markets was chartered by W.R. Strong & Co and Edwin T. Earl from Sacramento, California.
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This image from the 1950s was used as the brochure front page for which Union Pacific Domeliner service? .Hint: the body of water in the picture is actually the Columbia River.
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Southern Pacific’s iconic “Daylight” service passing through a Louisiana bayou, May 1952.
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Excursion train at Cape Horn, located about 3 miles above Colfax in the Sierra Nevada, California, circa April 1866. Alfred A. Hart, photographer. Part of the "Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains" stereograph album collection.
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We are open today!! Today is the first Sunday of the Summer! Visit the museum on Sundays from 12 to noon all summer long!
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