Galesburg Railroad Museum
The Galesburg Railroad Museum is a railroad museum in Galesburg, Illinois, United States. The museum is located at 211 South Seminary Street. Its collection includes CB&Q 4-6-4 3006, a Pullman "Meath" car, Railway Express RPO Combination Mail & Baggage Car…Photo: Peter Van den Bossche, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Address: 211 South Seminary Street, Galesburg, IL 61401
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Galesburg station and Orpheum Theater.
Galesburg station
Railway station
Photo: jimmy thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Galesburg is an Amtrak intercity train station in Galesburg, Illinois, United States. The station was originally built in 1984, after the razing of the large depot just south of the current site.
Orpheum Theater
Theater building
The Orpheum Theatre, originally opened in August 1916, stands on Kellogg Street in downtown Galesburg, Illinois. The Orpheum's elegance and long history made the theatre a landmark in Galesburg which boasts other landmarks such as Carl Sandburg's Birthplace, the Galesburg Railroad Museum, and Knox College, which hosted an Abraham Lincoln-Stephen Douglas debate. Orpheum Theater is situated 940 feet northwest of Galesburg Railroad Museum.
Hill Correctional Center
Prison
The Hill Correctional Center is a medium-security adult male prison of the Illinois Department of Corrections in Galesburg, Illinois. The prison was opened in October 1986 and has an operational capacity of 1,867 prisoners. Hill Correctional Center is situated 2½ miles west of Galesburg Railroad Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Galesburg and East Galesburg.
Galesburg
Photo: Kelly Martin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Galesburg is a city in Knox County, Illinois, United States. The city is 45 miles northwest of Peoria. At the 2020 census, its population was 30,052. Galesburg is the home of Knox College, a private four-year liberal arts college, and Carl Sandburg College, a community college named for native-born poet Carl Sandburg.
East Galesburg
Village
East Galesburg is a village in Knox County, Illinois, United States. The population was 763 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Galesburg Micropolitan Statistical Area. East Galesburg is situated 3 miles east of Galesburg Railroad Museum.
Knoxville
Village
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Knoxville is a city in Knox County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,901 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Galesburg Micropolitan Statistical Area Knoxville is located just southeast of the City of Galesburg. Knoxville is situated 5 miles southeast of Galesburg Railroad Museum.
Galesburg Railroad Museum
- Categories: building, tourism, railway station, and tourist attraction
- Location: Knox, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.94492° or 40° 56′ 42″ northLongitude
-90.36367° or 90° 21′ 49″ westOpen location code
86GFWJVP+XGOpenStreetMap ID
way 188257459OpenStreetMap feature
building=train_stationOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q5518482
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Galesburg Railroad Museum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “蓋爾斯堡鐵路博物館”
- Japanese: “ゲイルズバーグ鉄道博物館”
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