Nice little railroad museum. Oh, and its free!

Great engine selection, but having an SD40-2 on display doesn’t make sense as you watch a pair help a train over Cajon Pass.

My kids love this place. From models, displays and simulations, to real engines they can climb. Located in the beautiful Harvey house and train depot on a working train yard where they can also watch real trains at work.

The place feels nostalgic every time i see an old railroad. but also bad memories of the past.

It’s a lovely, hidden museum full of railroad artifacts as well as train locomotives you can climb on. It’s a nice stopover on the way through Barstow.

We just took pics here. Small. Lots of parking. Nothing to do nearby.

Easy access, free parking, historic location, totally accessible train cars, wonderfully equipped, properly lit museum with amazing equipment and memorabilia. The home of the most jaw-dropping date nail collection, certainly world-class and very possibly one-of-a-kind. Cheerful, knowledgeable docents, clean lavatories, tricky hours of operation.

Great views, museum ONLY OPEN ON WEEKENDS

Nice little railroad museum giving some history. Our kids enjoyed seeing the older engines and train cars outside. The architecture of the Harvey House was nice to explore as well as it is a historic building.

Barstow, Calif.Nice train museum. Has many local stuff related to trains and highlights some marque individuals influential to the region.Site has maps galore, old magazines/catalogs, equipment, miniatures, signs, pins/lapels, and too much to list. Not a big place but has many things to check out.The best part was a mini train set. Very detailed. Amazing craftsmanship!Location: A10 min from I-15.Roads/Parking: APlenty and free.Cost: AFree.Overall: ANothing to travel thousands of miles for. Ideal if your commuting to/from vegas or to/from grand canyons to so cal.Notable nearbys:Located at the Harvey House.Rte 66 Museum, and planet exhibition is walking distance.Back way to Big Bear, Morongo/Palm Springs and Fort Irwin.Nearby up the same street is the Discovery/Geology Museum, Mojave Desert Museum and Historic DT Barstow where Roys cafe and bunch of Rte 66 signs are.Calico ghost town is a few mintues away.Barstow also has a huge outlets that is famous for Asian tourists.Safe traveling.

Would like to seem em have a restaurant, and some more attractions or a hotel

Cool place to visit. Some more descriptions of the railroads history would be great. You can climb on some of the trains outside and see inside a couple of them 24/7. museum has open-close hours.

Cute place. Took my family when they came to town.

Cool trains and the harvey house is cool

A good museum if youre into trains. Most of the large trains are outside of course. Did learn about the history and many items used to make there trains run. A free museum only open on the weekends.

When you find yourself in Barstow, do the right thing and check out their triple threat museums. The renovated Harvey House (used for events and as local office space) has docents and can give you a nice tour. The Route 66 museum is worth a stop. Theres also a fantastic NASA exhibit highlighting their (one of only 3 in the world) satellite facility nearby. And of course the Western America Railroad Museum which has unique displays and historic materials reflecting the towns long history as a Santa Fe (now BNSF) Railroad hub. Transportation, mining and the military have been the pilars of Barstow since it was founded. The WARM (and its neighbors) are well worth an afternoon.

Nice museum for train enthusiasts. The locomotives on display are great! Museum is open only 3 days a week, but the locomotives are on display outside all the time.

Quiet place

Awesome. A lot of vintage things to look at. Highly recommended

Nice museum. It has limited hours and days open. Staffed by friendly volunteers.

Great free museum open Friday Saturday and Sunday. But you can always swing by and see the rails and old steam engines on display 24/7

Closed for the Wuhan virus.

Nice historic station with historic railroad equipment. Nice place to watch trains

Very nice place to take your kids

Really interesting and informative, friendly and helpful docents, and the setting is great

Is small but I like it,i like to see the little train around the mountain.

The official NASA Goldstone Visitors center with tons of information and extremely helpful staff that went above and beyond giving us a hands-on experience with aero gel. Id definitely visit again.

Cool little place to see some old railway engines. The big engines are outside and free to walk around. The old train station is nice for some pics. Friendly staff that are excited to share the local history.Worth a quick detour if trains and history is your thing.

Great picture taking material.

We came before the museum opened. My daughters loved the old engines and cars. My grandfather lived in Barstow and worked for SantaFe. My husband worked for UP. Now hes with a rail firm. We enjoyed looking at everything outside.

Great amarican history pieces. Good time with kids.

A fun view into the deep rooted Barstow railroad history. Surprisingly complete inside and out with museum worthy artifacts, locomotives, rail cars and a fun little gift shop. For those who enjoy rail history, you will definitely enjoy this detour on your trip.

A gem of a train museum and a great family outing. The docents are very knowledgeable and the simulation is a real treat.

We were there last Friday, 19 April 2019, and the sign said it should have been open but it was not. One cannot provide a good review if the place is not open.

Awesome trainsSubs to look and take pictures

History here

Lots of train memorabilia and pictures. All volunteer workforce prevents it from being open but 3 days a week.

A travel in time, and a nice break from the road.

Very nice place to see old railroad stuff

This place is really amazing

Pretty good place

Beautiful place

Playing a tourist, I decided to go and take a look at this place. From the outside, you can see some very interesting railroad equipment. All of the equipment is locked up and very hard to see the interiors of most the equipment. But you can see a couple of engines from the ATSF and BNSF railroads. And some of the other rail cars. The entrance to the museum is hard to find, and when you find it, you can walk thru and see some displays, and some great older items dedicated to many of the railroads. It seems to be a volunteer run facility. As my mom and I walked around, it was extremely quiet and not many visitors. I guess I was spoiled by the Colorado Railroad museum which was in the process of restoring cars and were very active in regards to showing the trains off, and very active in answering questions. So its a good place to stop in and see some artifacts from the days of when the passenger trains owned the rails, but other then that, you really wont get to see anything on the rail cars, and that is the shame to the museum.

Nice place to visit. Lots of history.

Cool historical items and friendly staff. They even opened one of the trains outside to let my kids go in.

Great place to visit.

Great place

Must visit

Train

Excellent.

Interesting place

Great place

Very interesting!

TRAINS

I like trains :-)

Great display of railroad memorabilia.

We are railroad buffs!

Very boring, supposedly haunted.

Huge railyard