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Richmond Railroad Museum celebrates 100th anniversary

Posted at 8:16 AM, Jul 18, 2015
and last updated 2015-07-18 14:38:31-04

RICHMOND, Va. -- The Richmond Railroad Museum celebrates its 100th anniversary Saturday. 

Visitors can step back in time when the of Southern Railway Station at 102 Hull Street first opened. 

The station has since been restored as a circa 1915 railroad museum with some interesting exhibits. Those include railroad cars, a HO-scale model railroad, telegraph system, a baggage car, a caboose and even a small coal-fired tank engine locomotive.

The station will be open from 11 a.m. To 4 p.m. The anniversary celebration starts at 1.

The station is owned and maintained  by the Old Dominion Chapter of the National Railroad Historical Society. 

For more information  visit http://www.odcnrhs.org or call 804-353-9363 or 804-716-9767.