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The Marco Polo Has Arrived at the Southeastern Railway Museum
Norfolk Southern delivered the historic Marco Polo Pullman car to the Southeastern Railway Museum. […]
Year: 2020
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Norfolk Southern gifting historic Marco Polo railcar to Southeastern Railway Museum
Norfolk Southern Corporation is gifting the historic Marco Polo rail car, a car President Franklin D. Roosevelt used while in office, to the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia. The Pullman Company built the Marco […]
General Updates
An update on the Park Train Project
We had an exciting work session. While the heart/engine (affectionately dubbed Christine) is well on its way to reassembly and recovery, we took the opportunity to do a locomotive tire rotation, essentially. After doing this, […]
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Vintage park train undergoes a complete engine overhaul
The Southeastern Railway Museum has removed its 1957 vintage park train from service as its primary operating locomotive’s engine undergoes a complete engine overhaul. The museum shipped the historic locomotive engine to Industrial Engine Rebuilders in […]
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Historic Pullman car reopens at Southeastern Railway Museum following interior renovation
The Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth has reopened a historic Pullman car that transported the body of President Warren G. Harding after he died in 1923 following an interior renovation. […]
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Train or Treat 2020
~~October 24 from 11 AM to 3 PM ~~Fun and more fun as ghouls, goblins and superheroes visit the museum’s trains in search of treats. ~~Trick or treating at decorated stations around the museum. ~~Attendees […]
General Updates
Did you know? The Great Locomotive Chase
On April 12, 1862, during the Civil War, Union spies led by James J. Andrews stole a locomotive (the General) from Big Shanty, Ga. […]
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Celebrate Caboose Days with a virtual coloring contest
Today was supposed to be the first day of Caboose Days, our annual celebration of cabooses (some might say cabeese) and the railroad workers that called them home. […]
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Did you know? The Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville Railroad
The Middle Tennessee community of Clarksville, Tennessee, was once a bustling transportation hub. […]
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Did You Know? Central of Georgia roundhouse
A Central of Georgia Railway roundhouse once stood on the western edge of downtown Atlanta’s railroad gulch? […]