Exhibits
Featured Exhibits

The Transcontinental Railroad: What a Difference it Made
CARSON CITY, Nevada – The completion of the transcontinental railroad in the spring of 1869 changed America forever, dramatically reducing the time and cost for people and goods to move across country and accelerating the western expansion of the industrial revolution.
This spring, the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City will unveil a major new ... Read More
Changing Gallery

1910 McKeen Motor Car
1910 McKeen Motor Car
Listed as National Historic Landmark
One of Nevada’s most significant historic treasures is now the nation’s newest historic ... Read More

401 Edwards Motor Car
Motor Car No. 401 was built in October 1926 by the Edwards Railway Motor Car Company of Sanford, North Carolina ... Read More
Permanent Exhibits

Jack and Marge Gibson Collection
The Jack and Marge Gibson Collection consists of 15 ½” scale models of Virginia & Truckee locomotives and one of motorcar No. 22. These models ... Read More

Communication Exhibit
Until recent times, trains ran according to published Timetables, which were carefully devised to keep trains from running into each other. With this exhibit you ... Read More
Jacobson Interpretive Center

The Transcontinental Railroad: What a Difference it Made
CARSON CITY, Nevada – The completion of the transcontinental railroad in the spring of 1869 changed America forever, dramatically reducing the time and cost for ... Read More
Audio Tour
An audio tour of the Nevada State Railroado Museum’s exhibit on the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad is now ... Read More