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Norfolk Southern donates historic car to Georgia railroad museum

November 16, 2020 Sightseers’ Delight

Norfolk Southern delivered the historic Marco Polo Pullman car to the Southeastern Railway Museum this weekend.

Norfolk Southern gifting historic rail car to Duluth museum

November 10, 2020 Special to Express Telegraph

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.

Southeastern Railway Museum to host Festival of Trees this holiday season

October 26, 2020 Special to Sightseers’ Delight

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).

Southeastern Railway Museum park train undergoes restoration

September 17, 2020 Special to Express Telegraph

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

Southeastern Railway Museum’s park train undergoes restoration

September 16, 2020 Sightseers’ Delight

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.

Trains, Trucks & Tractors returns to the Southeastern Railway Museum

July 28, 2020 Sightseers’ Delight

The Southeastern Railway Museum will host its annual Trains, Trucks & Tractors gathering on July 31, Aug. 1 and Aug 2, 2020.

Southeastern Railway Museum receives Gwinnett Creativity grant

June 30, 2020 Special to Express Telegraph

The Southeastern Railway Museum has received a 2020 Gwinnett Creativity Fund General Operating Grant. The $7,500 grant will help the museum continue to offer programs amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Gwinnett Creativity Fund allows non-profit cultural and arts organizations to grow and evolve, provide programs and education opportunities, engage underserved audiences and enhance the county’s economic development and cultural landscape. Explore Gwinnett, the Gwinnett Convention and Visitors Bureau’s marketing brand, is administering and managing the

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