Western America Railroad Museum
The Western America Railroad Museum is a railroad museum located in Barstow, California. The museum collects, preserves and shares the history of railroading in the Pacific Southwest.Photo: Klaus Nahr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: railroad museum in Barstow, California
- Address: 685 North 1st Avenue, Barstow, 92311
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Barstow Harvey House and Desert Discovery Center.
Barstow Harvey House
Railway station
Photo: Miskatonic, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Barstow Harvey House, also known as Harvey House Railroad Depot and Barstow station, is a historic building in Barstow, California. Originally built in 1911 as Casa del Desierto, a Harvey House hotel and Santa Fe Railroad depot, it currently serves as an Amtrak station and government building housing city offices, the Barstow Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center, and two museums.
Desert Discovery Center
Museum
Photo: Model Citizen, Public domain.
The Desert Discovery Center is a public-run community education center located in Barstow, California. The center is staffed by the Bureau of Land Management and focuses on promoting awareness of desert life to local residents. Desert Discovery Center is situated 1 mile south of Western America Railroad Museum.
Barstow High School
School
Barstow High School is a public high school located in Barstow, California. The school serves about 1,400 students in grades 9 to 12 from across the city and in outlying areas. Barstow High School is situated 1 mile southwest of Western America Railroad Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barstow and Nebo Center.
Barstow
Photo: jpmueller99, CC BY 2.0.
Barstow is a city of 24,000 people in the southern desert of the state of California. The city's location at the junction of Interstate 15 and Interstate 40 in the middle of a barren desert, as well as its position on the old Route 66, make it a frequent pit stop for travelers passing through on their way to more exotic destinations.
Nebo Center
Quarter
Nebo Center is a neighborhood and former census-designated place in Barstow, San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 1,174 at the 2000 census. Nebo Center is situated 4½ miles southeast of Western America Railroad Museum.
Lenwood
Village
Lenwood is a census-designated place in the Mojave Desert near Barstow, in San Bernardino County, California. The population was 3,623 at the 2020 census, up from 3,543 at the 2010 census. It is located on the Mojave River, 3 miles west of Barstow. Lenwood is situated 5 miles southwest of Western America Railroad Museum.
Western America Railroad Museum
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: San Bernardino County, Desert, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.90487° or 34° 54′ 18″ northLongitude
-117.02431° or 117° 1′ 28″ westOpen location code
8564WX3G+W7OpenStreetMap ID
node 2827248912OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q7987447
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