Exhibits

Featured Exhibits

THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD: WHAT A DIFFERENCE IT MADE

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

Featured Exhibit

Changing Gallery

1910 MCKEEN MOTOR CAR

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

Changing Gallery
401 EDWARDS MOTOR CAR

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

Changing Gallery

Permanent Exhibits

COMMUNICATION EXHIBIT

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

Permanent Gallery
JACK AND MARGE GIBSON COLLECTION

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

Permanent Gallery

Jacobson Interpretive Center

Audio Tour

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

Jacobson Interpretive Center
THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD: WHAT A DIFFERENCE IT MADE

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

Jacobson Interpretive Center