Western America Railroad Museum, Railroad museum in Barstow, United States.
The Western America Railroad Museum is a railroad museum in Barstow, California, displaying locomotives, rail cars, and operational equipment both indoors and outdoors. The collection covers different periods of railroad history in the Pacific Southwest of the United States.
The Western America Railroad Museum is run by a non-profit organization on the east side of the Harvey House Railroad Depot in Barstow. It collects, preserves and shares the history of railroading in the Pacific Southwest, with displays inside the depot and rolling stock outside its doors.
The museum displays uniforms, tickets, and personal items from railroad workers that show how trains shaped daily life in the region. These objects give a concrete sense of how closely the surrounding communities were tied to the railroad.
The museum occupies the east side of the Harvey House Railroad Depot, with indoor displays inside the depot and the locomotives and cars lined up right outside its doors. Visitors can climb on the outdoor rolling stock, including the cabooses and the Horse Express car. The depot also serves as Barstow's Amtrak station, so the collection sits beside an active platform.
Among the outdoor exhibits stands locomotive number 1460 of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway alongside Union Pacific EMD SD40-2 number 9950. These two machines come from different eras and represent two of the most influential railroad companies in the history of the American West.
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