Southeastern Railway Museum

Norfolk Southern Corporation is gifting the historic Marco Polo rail car, a car President Franklin D. Roosevelt used while in office, to the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia.

In 2020, trees will be on display throughout the museum from Nov. 21 to Jan. 3 during the museum’s regular operating hours (10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays; and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays).

The Southeastern Railway Museum has removed its 1957 vintage park train from service as its primary operating locomotive’s engine undergoes a complete engine overhaul. The museum shipped the historic locomotive engine to Industrial Engine Rebuilders in St. Paul, Minnesota, for the project. It is expected to return to the museum in early to mid-October. Miniature Train Company (MTC) built the museum’s park train sets in 1957. The locomotive is substantially original and one of less