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Museum Reopens from Covid19
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 […]
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Covid19/Coronavirus Updates
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 […]
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Southeastern Railway Museum cancels all events and operations through at least May 15
The Southeastern Railway Museum is canceling all events and operations until at least May 15 in response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. […]
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Southeastern Railway Museum Hosting Steak Cook-Off on June 20
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. […]
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Sixth Annual Fast Track 5K returns May 9 to Downtown Duluth
The Southeastern Railway Museum and the City of Duluth will host the sixth annual fast track 5K on May 9. […]
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Before It Was Home to the World’s Busiest Airport, Atlanta Was a Railroad Hub
New book highlights the railroad history of Atlanta […]
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Celebrating the caboose: Five facts you didn’t know
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 […]
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Gwinnett Rail: A Different Type of ‘Air Line’
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 […]
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Atlanta: Destiny, Destruction, and Determination
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 […]