A must-stop for train lovers, this outdoor museum features various vintage locomotives spanning different eras in train travel, from a 1931 Santa Fe Doodlebug to a Pullman sleeping vehicle to a Union Pacific Steam Locomotive "Enormous Boy" – a goliath piece of hardware with wheels the tallness of a grown-up, and one of just eight on the planet. The museum is an advancing undertaking and will one day incorporate indoor exhibits and extra rail cars. Visitors on guided tours are free to move on board these cars and envision life at the tallness of train travel. The visit requires strolling on a rough, lopsided territory in a rail yard, which is frequently blistering in the early evening sun. Bring water and sunscreen. The African American Museum is the lone institution of its sort in the Southwest contribution an impressive assortment of African and African American craftsmanship, including one of the largest people workmanship collections in the country. It is a treasury of workmanship and culture perceived as an indispensable piece of the dark legacy. The tours were discontinued in mid-March when the museum closed to the public because of the Covid pandemic.
Museum of American Railroad
2021-05-19