Exhibits
Featured Exhibits
CARSON CITY, Nevada – The completion of the transcontinental railroad in the spring of 1869 changed America forever, dramatically reducing the time and cost for people and goods to move across country and accelerating the western expansion of the industrial revolution.
This spring, the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City will unveil a major … Read More
Changing Gallery
1910 McKeen Motor Car
Listed as National Historic Landmark
One of Nevada’s most significant historic treasures is now the nation’s newest historic landmark with action from … Read More
Motor Car No. 401 was built in October 1926 by the Edwards Railway Motor Car Company of Sanford, North Carolina for the Tucson Cornelia … Read More
Permanent Exhibits
Until recent times, trains ran according to published Timetables, which were carefully devised to keep trains from running into each other. With this exhibit … Read More
The Jack and Marge Gibson Collection consists of 15 ½” scale models of Virginia & Truckee locomotives and one of motorcar No. 22. These … Read More
Jacobson Interpretive Center
An audio tour of the Nevada State Railroado Museum’s exhibit on the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad is now available. … Read More
CARSON CITY, Nevada – The completion of the transcontinental railroad in the spring of 1869 changed America forever, dramatically reducing the time and cost … Read More