United States
290 places to explore across spots, experiences, journeys, and mega-projects in United States.
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Spots (241)
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New River Bridge
New River, Tennessee, United States
The New River Bridge carries Norfolk Southern CNO&TP freight across a 1,622-foot cantilever truss standing 307 feet above the gorge — the t…
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Kinzua Bridge
Hamlin Township, Pennsylvania, United States
Completed in 1882 as the world's tallest railroad bridge and engineered by Octave Chanute, Kinzua Viaduct was partially toppled by an F1 to…
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Waynoka (Santa Fe)
Waynoka, Oklahoma, United States
Waynoka's restored 1910 Santa Fe Depot and Harvey House border BNSF's Southern Transcon (Panhandle Subdivision), where 70–100 trains pass d…
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Williams Loop (Feather River)
Spring Garden, California, United States
Williams Loop is a one-mile rail spiral on Union Pacific's Feather River Route in Plumas County, where the track crosses over itself to gai…
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Van Buren (UP/KCS)
Van Buren, Arkansas, United States
Van Buren's restored 1901 Frisco depot anchors a genuine two-railroad town: Union Pacific freight rolls through on its main line while the…
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Vickers (Toledo Junction)
Northwood, Ohio, United States
Vickers (Toledo Junction) is a grade diamond crossing in Northwood, Ohio where Norfolk Southern's Chicago Line meets CSX's Toledo Terminal…
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Vancouver (Columbia R. Crossing)
Vancouver, Washington, United States
BNSF Railway Bridge 9.6, the first railroad bridge across the lower Columbia River, carries BNSF, Union Pacific, and Amtrak trains between…
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Williams (Grand Canyon Ry)
Williams, Arizona, United States
Williams Depot is the southern terminus of the Grand Canyon Railway, a 64-mile heritage line running daily to the Grand Canyon South Rim si…
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Vincennes (Rail Crossing)
Vincennes, Indiana, United States
Two CSX lines — the Illinois and CE&D subdivisions — meet at the Vincennes Interlocking diamond crossing. Trains slow to 25 mph through dow…
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White Pass (WP&YR)
Skagway, Alaska, United States
The White Pass & Yukon Route climbs 2,888 feet in 20 miles on 3-foot narrow-gauge track to the summit at Mile 20.4, crossing the 215-foot s…
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Vicksburg (Miss. River Bridge)
Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States
The Old Vicksburg Bridge (1930) carries CPKC's Meridian Speedway freight trains across the Mississippi River on a single-track cantilever l…
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Waco (BNSF/UP)
Waco, Texas, United States
Downtown Waco sits on Union Pacific's former Katy Railroad main line, where UP freight and BNSF trains with trackage rights roll through th…
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Wishram (BNSF Gorge)
Wishram, Washington, United States
Wishram sits at one of the Pacific Northwest's premier railfan junctions: the BNSF Fallbridge Subdivision threads the Columbia River Gorge…
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Two Medicine Trestle
East Glacier Park, Montana, United States
Two Medicine Trestle is a 761-foot steel deck truss bridge carrying BNSF's Northern Transcon 153 feet above the Two Medicine River, just ea…
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Spencer (NCTM/NS Main)
Spencer, North Carolina, United States
Watch Norfolk Southern freight and Amtrak trains roll past the historic Bob Julian Roundhouse at the North Carolina Transportation Museum i…
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Tower 55 (Fort Worth)
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Tower 55 is the busiest railroad diamond interlocking in the United States outside of Chicago, where BNSF's triple-track north–south main m…
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Staples (BNSF Staples Sub)
Staples, Minnesota, United States
The historic 1909 Northern Pacific depot in Staples sits on the BNSF Northern Transcon where the Brainerd Subdivision diverges, drawing 40–…
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Toltec Gorge (C&TS Railroad)
Antonito, Colorado, United States
Toltec Gorge is the most dramatic section of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad's 64-mile narrow-gauge route, where K-36 2-8-2 steam loco…
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Scottsbluff (Coal Route)
Scottsbluff, Nebraska, United States
BNSF freight corridor through Nebraska's panhandle where coal trains from Wyoming's Powder River Basin roll past the dramatic sandstone blu…
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Spartanburg (Hub City)
Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
Historic rail junction where Norfolk Southern's mainline and CSX's former Clinchfield line converge in downtown Spartanburg. The Hub City R…
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Thayer (BNSF)
Thayer, Missouri, United States
Thayer, Missouri is a historic railroad town and BNSF crew change point on the busy Springfield-to-Memphis corridor. The Thayer North and T…
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Selma (Rail Junction)
Selma, North Carolina, United States
Selma Union Depot occupies the diamond crossing of CSX's A-Line and Norfolk Southern's H-Line. One of five US stations with both N/S and E/…
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Sandusky (Bayview)
Sandusky, Ohio, United States
At the Bayview approach to Norfolk Southern's Sandusky Bay causeway, freight trains and Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited transition from 1.17 mi…
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Skyline Trestle (Mullan Pass)
Skyline (near Helena), Montana, United States
A curved steel trestle spanning Austin Creek on BNSF's former Northern Pacific mainline over Mullan Pass, offering dramatic views of heavy…
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Experiences (39)
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National Museum of Railroad History & Innovation
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
The National Museum of Railroad History & Innovation — formerly the B&O Railroad Museum, renamed in July 2026 — occupies the original Mount…
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Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum
Sugarcreek, Ohio, United States
The Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum sits on a 34-acre site on Smokey Lane Road SW outside Sugarcreek, in the heart of Ohio's Tuscarawas Coun…
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Colorado Railroad Museum
Golden, Colorado, United States
The Colorado Railroad Museum occupies a 15-acre railyard at 17155 West 44th Avenue in Golden, tucked between the cliffs of North Table Moun…
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Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
Strasburg, Pennsylvania, United States
The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania stands at 300 Gap Road on PA Route 741 in Strasburg, Lancaster County, directly across the road from th…
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Railroaders Memorial Museum
Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States
Altoona exists because of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The company laid out the town in 1849 as the base from which it would attack the Alleg…
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Galveston Railroad Museum
Galveston, Texas, United States
The Galveston Railroad Museum fills the 1932 Santa Fe Station at 25th Street and The Strand, on the northern edge of Galveston's downtown h…
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Mid-Continent Railway Museum
North Freedom, Wisconsin, United States
Mid-Continent Railway Museum is an outdoor living-history museum and operating heritage railroad in North Freedom, Wisconsin, in the Barabo…
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Western Railway Museum
Suisun City, California, United States
The Western Railway Museum sits on 22 acres at Rio Vista Junction, a former station stop on the Sacramento Northern Railway along State Hig…
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Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (reporting mark TVRM) was founded in 1960 as a chapter of the National Railway Historical Society by D…
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Southeastern Railway Museum
Duluth, Georgia, United States
The Southeastern Railway Museum sits on a 30-acre (12-hectare) site at 3595 Buford Highway in Duluth, Georgia, about 25 miles (40 km) north…
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Virginia Museum of Transportation
Roanoke, Virginia, United States
The Virginia Museum of Transportation (VMT) occupies the former Norfolk & Western Railway Freight Station in downtown Roanoke, a two-sectio…
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Nevada Northern Railway Museum
Ely, Nevada, United States
The Nevada Northern Railway Museum occupies the East Ely Yards, the original operating headquarters of the Nevada Northern Railway built in…
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Museum of the American Railroad
Frisco, Texas, United States
The Museum of the American Railroad, formerly the Age of Steam Railroad Museum, preserves more than 70 pieces of steam, diesel, passenger a…
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National Railroad Museum
Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States
The National Railroad Museum occupies 33 acres on Cooke Memorial Park along the west bank of the Fox River in Ashwaubenon, a suburb immedia…
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Steamtown National Historic Site
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
Steamtown National Historic Site occupies 62.48 acres (25.3 hectares) of the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad yard in downt…
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Tiny Town & Railroad
Morrison, Colorado, United States
Tiny Town & Railroad is a miniature village of more than 100 hand-built structures at one-sixth scale, set on a wooded site at 6249 South T…
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Miniature Railroad & Village at Kamin Science Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
The Miniature Railroad & Village at the Kamin Science Center (formerly the Carnegie Science Center) is one of the oldest and most detailed…
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Choo Choo Barn - Traintown U.S.A.
Strasburg, Pennsylvania, United States
The Choo Choo Barn - Traintown U.S.A. is a 1,700-square-foot (158 m2) animated model railroad display in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, on Route…
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TrainTastic
Gulfport, Mississippi, United States
TrainTastic, operated by the Mississippi Coast Model Railroad Museum, occupies a 50,000-square-foot (4,645 m2) building at 615 Pass Road in…
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Northlandz
Flemington, New Jersey, United States
Northlandz is a model railroad layout and museum in Flemington (Raritan Township), New Jersey, billed as the World's Largest Miniature Wond…
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Grand Central Terminal Official Tour
New York, New York, United States
Grand Central Terminal opened on February 2, 1913, the product of two firms working in tandem: Reed and Stem devised the overall plan and i…
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Golden Spike National Historical Park
Promontory, Utah, United States
Golden Spike National Historical Park preserves 2,735 acres (1,107 ha) around a 15-mile (24 km) segment of the original first transcontinen…
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Horseshoe Curve National Historic Landmark
Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States
The Horseshoe Curve is a three-track railroad curve carved into the front of the Allegheny Mountains in Logan Township, about 5 miles (8 km…
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Golden Spike Tower & Visitor Center
North Platte, Nebraska, United States
The Golden Spike Tower and Visitor Center is an eight-story observation tower on the south edge of Union Pacific's Bailey Yard in North Pla…
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Journeys (9)
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Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
United States
The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad hauls passengers behind 1920s-era steam locomotives on the original 1882 Denver & Rio Grande…
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Denali Star
United States
Alaska's flagship summer train, the Denali Star runs 356 miles (573 km) daily between Anchorage and Fairbanks, stopping at Wasilla, Talkeet…
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Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
United States
Built in 1880 as the Denver & Rio Grande's San Juan Extension, the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad runs 64 miles (103 km) of 3-ft narrow g…
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Mount Washington Cog Railway
United States
Operating since July 3, 1869, the Mount Washington Cog Railway is the world's first mountain-climbing rack-and-pinion railway and the secon…
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White Pass & Yukon Route — Summit Excursion
United States
Heritage 914 mm narrow-gauge round trip from Skagway to the White Pass Summit at 873 m. Designated an International Historic Civil Engineer…
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Grand Canyon Railway
United States
Opened in 1901, the Grand Canyon Railway carries passengers 65 miles from Williams, Arizona to the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park…
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Strasburg Rail Road
United States
A 45-minute, 9-mile round-trip steam excursion through Lancaster County Amish farmland aboard the oldest continuously operating standard-ga…
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Granite State Scenic Railway
United States
The Granite State Scenic Railway operates 80-minute round-trip excursions from Lincoln, New Hampshire, following the Pemigewasset River rou…
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California Zephyr
United States
The California Zephyr is Amtrak's most popular long-distance train, running 3,924 km from Chicago to Emeryville (San Francisco) through som…