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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
The McComb Amtrak station is a train station in McComb, Mississippi, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The station was built in 1901 by the Illinois Central Railroad and was restored in 1998, and again on June 13, 2003. The station house is currently the home of the McComb Railroad Museum.
The Illinois Central Railroad (reporting mark IC), sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, is a railroad in the central United States, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois with New Orleans. The Canadian National Railway gained control of the IC in 1998, and it is now a subsidiary and part of the CN Southern Region
Steam Engine 2542. A 2500 class 4-8-2 is preserved on static display at McComb, Mississippi.
mcrrmuseum.com:
Visit one of the South's best preserved collections of railroad history in down-town McComb, MS! Train enthusiasts call the McComb Railroad Museum the best rail museum south of Chicago...
Whether you explore the unparalleled collection of more than 1,400 catalogued artifacts inside or climb aboard the pain-stakingly restored steam locomotive and railcars outside, you are in for a treat!
There's one reason this museum excels and that reason is the passion that railroad retirees still have for the preservation of railroad history. Explore this website to learn more about the contributions these men and women have made and are still making today...
We have an outside train exhibit which includes
only one of two remaining IC mountain type steam locomotives,
the only aluminum refrigerator car the Illinois Cenral made (which was in the McComb Shop),
an 1883 office car,
a rare 1914 Railway Post Office car,
a caboose,
and a wrecking derrick. |
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