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Name, City, Type of Resource

Model Railroad to Iowa

  AL

  Gadsden

  Hardin Center for Cultural Arts

  501 Broad Street

  PO Box 1507

  Gadsden  AL   35901    

  Phone  256 543-2787

  Web Site www.culturalarts.com

  Alt Web http://www.coosavalleymodelrr.com/

  Description  3 galleries, concert hall, Imagination Place children's museum, model

  Type of Resource  Museum

  Primary Focus  Arts

  Collection G-M  Model Railroad

  New or Updated:  4/6/2007

  AZ

  Phoenix

  Adobe Western Railroad Museum & Desert Railroad

  23280 North 43rd Avenue #75

  Phoenix  AZ   85310    

  Phone  623 974-0125

  Web Site http://www.maricopalivesteamers.com/index.html

  E-mail   mailto:dickg@azboss.com

  Alt Web http://www.azcama.com/museums/adobe_railroad.html

  Description  minature (but ridable) live steam locomotives & car, Arizona model

                    Railroad Society, Sahuaro Central RR HSP also on park grounds

  Type of Resource  Museum

  Primary Focus  Railroad

  Collection G-M  Model Railroad

  Owner/Operator: Sahuaro Central RR Heritage Preservation Soc

  New or Updated:  10/19/2006

  CA

  Pasadena

  Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society

  PO Box 93697

  Pasadena CA   91109    

  Web  http://www.sphts.org/index.html

  E-mail  mailto: sphts@sphts.org

  Description  history, railfanning, archives, model railroading information

  Type of Resource   History Related Organization

  Primary Focus  Railroad

  Nature of Group or Site  Association

  Collection G-M  Model Railroad

  Research   Archives

  New or Updated  2/2/2006

Roseville
Carnegie Museum
557 Lincoln St
Roseville CA 95678
Phone 916 773-3003
Web Site http://www.rosevillehistorical.org/
E-mail mailto:carnegie@surewest.net
Description local memorabilia in former library, one time Southern Pacific RR roundhouse center, musical instruments
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Building Type Civic
Collection G-M Model Railroad
New or Updated: 05/20/2003
 

  CA

  San Diego

  San Diego Model Railroad Museum, Inc

  1649 El Prado

  San Diego  CA  92101    

  Phone  619 233-8269

  Web Site www.sdmodelrailroadm.com

  Description  27000 square foot indoor model railroad display

  Type of Resource  Railway

  Primary Focus  Railroad

  Collection G-M  Models

  Owner/Operator:  La Mesa Model Railroad Club

  New or Updated:  1/8/2007

California
Simi Valley
Rancho Simi Foundation
6503 Katherine Road
Simi Valley CA 93063
Phone 805 581-3462
Web Site http://www.trainweb.org/ssmrc/ssrhs/foundation.htm
Description group has restored local depot which holds a large model railroad
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Railroad
Building Type Depot
Collection G-M Model Railroad
New or Updated: 06/10/2003

  IA

  Council Bluffs

  Railswest Railroad Museum

  16th Ave & South Main St

  Council Bluffs  IA

  Phone  712 323-5182

  Web Site  http://www.thehistoricalsociety.org/Depot.htm

  Description  restored depot houses railroad memorabilia and HO rail layout, rail

                    cars displayed outside

  Type of Resource  Specialty Museum

  Primary Focus  Railroad

  Building Type  Depot

  Collection G-M   Model Railroad

  Collection N-Z  Rolling Stock

  Era  1899

  Owner/Operator:  Historical Society Pottawattamie County

  New or Updated:  7/26/2007