Virginia Museum of Transportation, Transport museum in Downtown Roanoke, US.
The Virginia Museum of Transportation is a transport museum in Roanoke that displays steam locomotives, diesel engines, automobiles, and aircraft. The collection occupies a former Norfolk and Western Railway freight station and spans vehicles from different eras of transportation history.
The museum opened in 1963 and uses the historic Norfolk and Western Railway freight station building as its home. Rail transportation played a crucial role in Virginia's development and the museum preserves these transportation artifacts.
The museum displays locomotives and vehicles that tell the story of rail transportation in Virginia. Visitors see historical trains that once moved goods and people across the region.
The collection spans both indoor galleries and an outdoor rail yard with trains and automobiles. Visitors can climb aboard various vehicles and should wear comfortable shoes to explore the exhibits.
Visitors can actually climb inside old locomotives and train cars and explore them from within, showing how train travel felt in earlier times. This hands-on experience makes the museum special for anyone wanting to understand how people rode in these vehicles.
Location: Roanoke
Website: http://vmt.org
GPS coordinates: 37.27290,-79.94720
Latest update: December 8, 2025 19:54
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