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. […]
The past few months have been trying for all of us. We hope you and your family are in good health and beginning to explore our new routines as we navigate the uncertainty of life […]
The museum managers and volunteers have started building task lists and timelines that we believe will lead to reopening the museum at a point later than Memorial Day. This planning includes: Visitor traffic flow changes […]
The Southeastern Railway Museum is canceling all events and operations until at least May 15 in response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. […]
The museum will be open for its regular museum hours (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) during the cook-off. Teams participating in the event will start setting up at 8 a.m. […]
The Southeastern Railway Museum and the City of Duluth will host the sixth annual fast track 5K on May 9. […]
New book highlights the railroad history of Atlanta […]
The caboose may be the most recognizable railroad car, but they are rarely seen on the rails today. Interestingly, the word caboose may derive from the Dutch word “kombuis.” It originally referred to a galley […]
by Ruddy Ellis Visitors to the Southeastern Railway Museum frequently hear the roar of trains along the track between the museum and Buford Highway. Most folks probably know that this is the Norfolk-Southern main line […]
by Lesa Campbell The story of Atlanta’s first fifty years would be labeled “far fetched” by Southerners. From open frontier to commercial center to smoldering rubble to unparalleled resurgence: the plot outline sounds like a […]
(c) 2019-2020 Southeastern Railway Museum.