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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. Throughout its history, patron contributions have continued to create one of the largest railroad preservation institutions in the United States.
The National Railroad Museum has a large collection of rolling stock and spanning more than a century of railroading and a number of historic locomotives, including an Aerotrain, Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4017 (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 and continental Europe during World War II.
In addition to the rolling stock, there is a museum building housing a wide variety of railroad artifacts, an archive, and photography gallery. There is also a standard gauge track around the perimeter of the grounds. There is also an 80-foot (24 m) 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.
In October of every year in preparation for Halloween, the grounds of the museum are the site of the Green Bay Preble Optimist Club's haunted attraction, "Terror on the Fox", which uses the trains for "haunted" rides through the grounds after dark, along with other attractions.
Steam locomotives
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 5011 class Class Engine Survives (2-10-4) No. 5017
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway K-4 class No. 2736
Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad 2-8-0 No. 24
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railroad E-1 class No. 506
Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company No. 12
Pullman Car and Manufacturing Company No. 29
Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie H-23 class 4-6-2) No. 2718 Sumter and Choctaw Railroad 2-8-2 No. 102
United States Army 2-8-0 No. 101
Union Pacific Railroad 4000 class No. 4017
Diesel locomotives
* Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (Burlington Route) EMD SD-24 No. 510
* Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) E9A No. 38A
* Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) FM H-10-44 No. 767
* Georgia-Pacific Alco S-2 No. 63-180 - Ex Fairport, Painesville and Eastern Railroad Company No. 103
* Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad General Motors "Aerotrain" - Trainset No. 2
* Green Bay and Western Railroad Alco C430 No. 315
* Manistique and Lake Superior Railway Alco S-3 No. 1 - Later Ann Arbor Railroad No. 10. Currently painted as Green Bay Route No. 103
* Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway EMC NW1 No. D538 (later Minneapolis and St. Louis No. 90, then Tomahawk & Western No. 90)
* Soo Line Railroad EMD GP30 No. 715 (later Wisconsin Central Ltd No. 715)
* Southern Pacific Railroad ALCO S-6 No. 1203 - Currently painted as Green Bay Route No. 106
* St. Paul Union Depot GE 44-ton switcher No. 441
* United States Army Center cab switcher No. 106
* United States Army ALCO RSD-1 No. 8651
Electric locomotives
* Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 No. 4890
There are also:
Passenger cars
Freight cars
Maintenance of way cars
Cabooses
Other equipment
Archives collection
Library collection
Artifact collection
Photograph collection |
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