Don’t forget to take the hour long tour of the grounds of the museum and see all the railroad cars. It is so interesting.
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Don’t miss this fascinating tour into New Jersey’s Rail past!
This small local train museum has all sorts of renovated rail cars and their history. There is a small museum and gift shop on the progress on train travel.
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The new Alan Wishengrad Pavillion Museum collection
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The collection of rail cars and model trains
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The former L.S. Young and Sons office
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The inside of the office
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The inside of the luxury car that once traveled the Morris Line
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When train travel was special
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The rail yard
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The model train set
The video of the model train set
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Their gift shop
Whippany Railway Museum
1 Railroad Plaza
Whippany, NJ 07981
(973) 887-8177
https://www.facebook.com/WhippanyRailwayMuseum/
Open: Sunday 12:00pm-4:00pm/Monday-Saturday Closed/Seasonal
Admission: Please check the website for seasonality
My review on TripAdvisor:
I have to say that I was very impressed by the Whippany Railway Museum. It was not one of those usual train museums with bric-a-brac and posters and a uniform here and there. The museum building itself is a highly organized history of the rail system not just in New Jersey but all over the country. It showcases how New Jersey played a big role in the growth of the rail system and how transportation has changed over the last 100 years.
The museum displays were highly organized and well documented with all sorts of equipment of how a train functions, lighting equipment for the outdoors, and indoor dining, menus and manners for a…
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Don’t miss the Whippany Railway Museum for an interesting look back on the history of the New Jersey and US rail system.
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