In article <[log in to unmask]> "Valerie J. Wheat"
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>Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 11:59:30 EDT
>From: "Valerie J. Wheat" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Exhibits
 
>Is anyone aware of museum exhibits that have covered the subject of
>railroad cars, dining cars, business or private cars and black railroad
>labor? Also, have there been any recent exhibits on American cooking,
>cuisine, or food? Last, are there any museums with collections of
>railroad photographs, advertisements, or art?
 
>Thanks for any information you can provide.
 
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There are many excellent RR museums all across the country, a good source is
the magazine "Locomotive and Railroad Restoration"  .
 
My favorites:
California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA (A huge and extremely well
done museum)
Railtown, Jamestown, CA   (part of the CSRM)
Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City, NV
Seaside Trolley Museum, Kennebunk, ME
 
I am the president of the Society For the Preservation of Carter Railroad
Resources, a small narrow gauge railroad museum located in Fremont,
California. Our exhibits include an operating horse-drawn railroad, boxcars,
flatcars, and combination cars (passenger/freight) cars built  in California
between 1870 and 1910.  We are chartered to preserve, restore and interpret
19th century railroading in Northern California.  We have just begun the MAP
process for certification by the IMS.
 
Our curator recently assembled a permanent photo exhibit summarizing
the South Pacific Coast Railroad and it's horsedrawn Centerville Branch and
the  impact they had on Washington Township. The collection is housed (by
choice) in an 1880 vintage wooden boxcar. Another car acts as an exhibit of
the restoration process.
 
Our museum provides interpretation (both first person and docent based) of
 an operating horse-drawn branch railroad (believed to be the only scheduled
one in the USA) and the 'back shops' that make it possible. Every facit of
19th century railroading is performed using 19th century technology (at least
when visitors are around!). We have provided demonstrations of track-laying,
car movements, pumpcar rides, equestrian training and maintenance, and car
maintance and restoration.  We recently built a small flatcar using 19th
century tools in front of the public during a special event.
 
We have a large collection of photographs and research materials pertaining to
western narrow gauge railroads.
 
Andrew JL Cary
President SPCRR
and
 
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