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The National Railroad Museum is a railroad museum located in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin in suburban Green Bay.
The museum is one of the oldest institutions in the United States dedicated to preserving and interpreting the nation's railroad history. It was founded in 1956 by community volunteers in Green Bay who contributed time and resources. Throughout its history, patron contributions have continued to create one of the largest railroad preservation institutions in the United States.
Today, the National Railroad Museum is home to one of the United States' most historic railroad collections. The museum has a large collection of rolling stock and a number of historic locomotives including an Aerotrain, Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4017 (arguably the world's largest steam locomotive type), and the British Railways A4 Class No. 60008 Dwight D Eisenhower (ex- London & North Eastern Railway No. 4496 Golden Shuttle) and train used by the Supreme Allied Commander and his staff in the United Kingdom during World War II.
In addition to the rolling stock there's a museum building housing a wide variety of railroad artifacts, an archive, and photography gallery. The grounds also contain an extensive model railroad housed in a separate building as well as a standard gauge track around the perimeter of the grounds. There is also an 80 foot high wooden observation tower with views of the river and Green Bay. The museum hosts an annual Day Out with Thomas event, where Thomas the Tank Engine pulls young friends past the exhibited rolling stock.
History
The origin of the National Railroad Museum dates to 1956, when local individuals advanced the concept of a national museum dedicated to American railroad history. Two years later, a joint resolution of Congress recognized the museum as the National Railroad Museum. Since then, the museum has operated as a privately funded 501(c)(3) educational organization with a mission to foster an understanding of railroading and its significance to American Life. What began as an effort to acquire a single steam locomotive for a city park has grown into one of the largest railroad museums in the nation. It now serves over 75,000 visitors annually. Today, a professional staff of 12 and over 100 unpaid staff members welcome visitors from all over the world.
Rolling stock collection
As one of the oldest railroad museums in the country, the National Railroad Museum exhibits a large collection of locomotives and railcars spanning more than a century of railroading.
Steam locomotives
Diesel locomotives
Electric locomotives
Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 No. 4890
Passenger cars
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Railway Post Office car No. 57
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - Diner Dothan
Atlantic Coast Line 4 double bedroom, 4 compartment, 2 drawing room sleeping car Manatee River (ex New York Central Railroad Suspension Bridge, ne Pullman Company Imperial Arch
Chicago and North Western Railway Combination Baggage/Passenger car No. 7411
Chicago and North Western Railway Hospital Service Car Joseph Lister
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad observation car No. 300 Silver Spirit
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (Burlington Route) 7 duplex bedroom, 4 section, 3 double bedroom, 1 compartment sleeping car No. 1269 Poplar River (ex Great Northern—same name and number) - used on the Empire Builder
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (Burlington Route) railway post office car No. 2330
Green Bay and Western Railroad (Green Bay Route) - Combination Mail-Baggage-Express car No. 21 (ex passenger coach No. 52)
Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad Passenger car No. 62
Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad Combination baggage/passenger car No. 63
London and North Eastern Railway No. 1591 – from Dwight D. Eisenhower's command train.
London and North Eastern Railway No. 1592 – from Dwight D. Eisenhower's command train.
Northern Pacific Railway Baggage car No. 1594 - ex Northern Pacific dining car No. 1668
Pennsylvania Railroad 10 roomette 5 dbouble bedroom sleeping car No. 8077 Cascade Cliff
Pullman Company sleeping car Pullman No. 8667 "Lake Mitchell"
Reading Company No. X - Used as part of Terror on the Fox
Reading Company No. Y - Used as part of Terror on the Fox
Reading Company No. Z - Currently painted as NRM "Josephine"
Tennessee Central Railway (Monon) No. 100 - Business car
Union Pacific Railroad City of Los Angeles dome diner No. 8003
Freight cars
Akron, Canton & Youngstown No. 3011 - Outside braced boxcar
American Cyanamid No. CYX 134 - Covered hopper
Armour Company refrigerator car PCX 4408
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe No. 206983 - Flat car
Union Refrigerated Transit Company refrigerator car URTX 72733 - leased to Black Hills Packing Company
Illinois Central Gulf No. ICG 910302 - Flat car
Menasha Wooden Ware Company boxcar 242 - Replica boxcar
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway ("Soo Line") ore hopper car SOO 80374
Swift Refrigerator Line wooden refrigerator car No. SRLX5156
Standard Oil Company Single-dome tank car No. AMOX 9758 -
North American Car Company double door boxcar No. NADX 50143
North American Car Company covered hopper No. NAHX 30133
PLM Railway (France) Forty-and-eights boxcar - from Merci Train
Richter Vinegar Company Vinegar tank car No. RVCX 20 -
TTX Company TOFC-service flat car No. TTWX 970837
Western Refrigerator Line Company refrigerator car WRX 9000 - operated by the Green Bay Route
Maintenance of way cars
Burlington Northern Railroad Jordan spreader BN 973127
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Dynamometer car No. 30
Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad Flange plow No. 100
Wisconsin Central Railway subsidiary of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad ("Soo Line") Wrecking Crane W-1
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad Wrecking crane idler car No. X-
Cabooses
Ahnapee and Western Railway bay window caboose No. 33
Chicago Great Western Railroad cupola caboose No. 622
Chicago & North Western No. 11217 - Bay window
Illinois Central No. 199488 - Wide vision caboose
Kickapoo Valley & Northern No. 2
Pittsburg, Shawmutt & Northern No. 189 - Currently Soo Line No. 593
Other equipment
Anheuser-Busch Company No. X - Chain driven locomotive
Chicago & North Western No. 32
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy No. 208351
Kohler Company No. X - Trackmobile
Schneider National No. A508407 - Semi-trailer (Located on TTX Company No. TTWX 970837)
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation No. X - Dump car
Archives collection
The Archives Collection includes corporate records and documents, annual reports, maps, mechanical and engineering drawings, oral histories, and ephemera. The holdings of the collection represent various railroad companies, labor unions, and fraternal organizations.
Library collection
The Library Collection and the Archives Collections of the National Railroad Museum represent a variety of topics that allow researchers to interpret the social, economic, political, and cultural aspects of U.S. railroading history.
Artifact collection
The National Railroad Museum houses over 5,000 artifacts including textiles, uniforms, tools and personal items.
Photograph collection
The Photograph Collection includes 15,000 photographic prints, slides, and film negatives representing railroading in the United States geographically from 1890 through the present day.
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