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For the past year I've been compiling a list of Railroading Museums for my model railroading website. These museums all look like fantastic places to visit, but what are the most popular? The most popular railroading museums (based on online chatter) in the United States of America are: 20. Phoenix Trolley Museum in Phoenix, Arizona 19. Wheels Transportation Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico 18. Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Pennsylvania 17. Laws Railroad Museum and Historic Site in Bishop, California 16. New Jersey Museum of Transportation in Wall, New Jersey 15. North Carolina Railroad Museum in New Hill, North Carolina 14. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland 13. Oregon Electric Railway Museum in Brooks, Oregon 12. Folsom Railroad Museum in Folsom, California 11. Northwest Railway Museum in Snoqualmie, Washington 10. Transport Museum of Saint Louis in Saint Louis, Missouri 9. Minnesota Transportation Museum in Saint Paul, Minnesota 8. North Alabama Railroad Museum in Huntsville, Alabama 7. Florence Depot in Omaha, Nebraska 6. California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California 5. National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin 4. Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois 3. Oklahoma Railway Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 2. Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado ...and the most popular railroading museum in the United States is... 1. Arizona Railway Museum in Chandler, Arizona Having never been to visit I wondered what made the Arizona Railway Museum so special. I see on their website's "Equipment Roster" that they have a phenominal collection with over six locomotives, over ten passenger cars, and over twenty freight cars and cabooses. It's nice to see that seventeen different states had museums in the top twenty, with only California and Arizona placing multiple times. Also nice to see amix around the country, with museums on each coast and scattered throughout the country. So, get out and see some of these twenty fantastic museums - or perhaps one of the many other fascinating rail museums all over the USA! I compiled this list by searching for the railroading museums listed on a number of search engines and ranking them by the number of web pages, discussion forums, photos, videos, etc that are available online. Check out my complete list of Railroading Museums at www.ModelTrainsWithLarry.com.
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