| For the past year I've been compiling a list of | | | | 6. California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, |
| Railroading Museums for my model railroading | | | | California |
| website. These museums all look like fantastic | | | | 5. National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, |
| places to visit, but what are the most popular? | | | | Wisconsin |
| The most popular railroading museums (based on | | | | 4. Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois |
| online chatter) in the United States of America | | | | 3. Oklahoma Railway Museum in Oklahoma City, |
| are: | | | | Oklahoma |
| 20. Phoenix Trolley Museum in Phoenix, Arizona | | | | 2. Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado |
| 19. Wheels Transportation Museum in | | | | ...and the most popular railroading museum in the |
| Albuquerque, New Mexico | | | | United States is... |
| 18. Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, | | | | 1. Arizona Railway Museum in Chandler, Arizona |
| Pennsylvania | | | | Having never been to visit I wondered what |
| 17. Laws Railroad Museum and Historic Site in | | | | made the Arizona Railway Museum so special. I |
| Bishop, California | | | | see on their website's "Equipment Roster" that |
| 16. New Jersey Museum of Transportation in Wall, | | | | they have a phenominal collection with over six |
| New Jersey | | | | locomotives, over ten passenger cars, and over |
| 15. North Carolina Railroad Museum in New Hill, | | | | twenty freight cars and cabooses. |
| North Carolina | | | | It's nice to see that seventeen different states |
| 14. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum in | | | | had museums in the top twenty, with only |
| Baltimore, Maryland | | | | California and Arizona placing multiple times. Also |
| 13. Oregon Electric Railway Museum in Brooks, | | | | nice to see amix around the country, with |
| Oregon | | | | museums on each coast and scattered |
| 12. Folsom Railroad Museum in Folsom, California | | | | throughout the country. So, get out and see |
| 11. Northwest Railway Museum in Snoqualmie, | | | | some of these twenty fantastic museums - or |
| Washington | | | | perhaps one of the many other fascinating rail |
| 10. Transport Museum of Saint Louis in Saint | | | | museums all over the USA! |
| Louis, Missouri | | | | I compiled this list by searching for the railroading |
| 9. Minnesota Transportation Museum in Saint Paul, | | | | museums listed on a number of search engines |
| Minnesota | | | | and ranking them by the number of web pages, |
| 8. North Alabama Railroad Museum in Huntsville, | | | | discussion forums, photos, videos, etc that are |
| Alabama | | | | available online. |
| 7. Florence Depot in Omaha, Nebraska | | | | |