The Museum houses “one of the most significant collections of historic railroad artifacts in the world” (I have no idea if that is true or not). The Museum displays over 100 locomotives and cars from the mid-19th and 20th centuries. It has over 100,000 sq ft of indoor exhibits and an outdoor yard where locomotives and cars await restoration.
Honestly, this was not among my
favorite museums. I guess that if you were a serious train buff you
would love it. I did not like that you could not tour through the
locomotives and cars – only a couple were open to walk through.
And, truth be told, in this day of interactivity in museums this one
is sadly lacking. I guess I just did not find it very entertaining.
The highlight of the Museum for me was
walking in to the Museum Store and the first thing I saw, prominently
displayed, was Rival Rails, written
by Walter Borneman, the best friend and mountain climbing partner of
my cousin Omar Richardson. A few years ago we spent Independence Day
with a group of family and friends in Colorado and Walter was there
and besides Walter being there in person we also got to see him on TV
as it just so happened that CSPAN Book TV was showing an interview
that Walter had done about his book on President Polk.
2 comments:
Ben would have loved this museum!
Pretty cool to spot Walt's book!
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