The Rails West Railroad Museum is awesome! They have the coolest model train thats setup to look like Council Bluffs of yesteryear. This museum is set up in the historic Rock Island Depot. This structure has been in this spot since 1899. Theres an old steam engine on the premises along with a caboose and other equipment that has been used over the last 120+ years. Its an excellent place!

Go earlier in the day! Its much cooler and you can really explored each train car without the heat!

Very interesting seeing some of these old train cars and inside the train depot!!

Very cool looking old depot! It was also nice to be able to go and see the inside of some of the train cars!

Neat place to leave some history and check out the trains

RailsWest was absolutely wonderful. I just had my wedding here on May 17th and it was fabulous. Kat helped us with everything we needed. She made sure we had the tables and chairs we requested, plus closing the venue for the time block we needed.The day was almost magical, it was so wonderful. Several trains went by during our time there, so we got to hear the horn and feel the rumble as they passed.I am very pleased as a train enthusiast to have been able to have my wedding here. It was my first time marrying and I will always look back on that day with fondness.This was the best time of my life.

Even though it was not open when we stopped by, the outdoor section is easy to view without a guide and the location is next to live track; you may see some yard action if youre lucky.

Cool place closed because of Covid-19

Our small wedding was here, and I cant say enough good about it. It was the perfect venue in every way. Plenty of space for food, the cake, dressing, etc. The acoustics are fabulous. It is bright and cheery. And the museum manager, Kat, was an accommodating and gracious host. Perhaps a non-traditional venue, but absolutely perfect for train aficionados (a train even went by and tooted their horn just as we kissed--perfect timing!). We will spend the rest of our lives being grateful we chose RailsWest Museum for our wedding.

The equipment is very interesting. As Mike Wolfe says crusty barn finds. The RPO was great. But they need better picnic tables. I would go again but not for lunch.

It needs some cleaning up. Stickers and cactus plants growing up around the trains that the kids got into. Otherwise nice to see and great that its beside real trains running.

A nice smaller sized museum. The museum part is in an old station with plenty of things to see. Its great for going to and actually seeing the insides of the station, cars and engines.

It was amazing my mom and dad had there wedding there

This museum has full size and model trains for you. Good assortment of different railcars. Touch history here. Locals please visit and support OUR HERITAGE. Pokemon players. A gym and two pokestops and one at welcome sign on corner. Also current active trsins pass here.

So much fun. You got to walk through the trains.

If you are into history of railway well worth the vist

Interesting collection. The building and outdoor exhibits are very run down.

This place is awesome for kids to get to tour a few train cars and old engines. Note it is closed during winter!

Very interesting. Absolutely loved the girl working there that day. Really cool history.

Lots of great exploring going on here and we got to see two live trains up really close!

Such a cool place I loved our visit

Being able to go inside the trains makes it more fun especially for kids. Plus a lot of interesting artifacts inside.

Great little museum.

This museum is run down. The displays are decaying. The trains outside are severely rusting. They have some interesting items, but not enough explanation.

This a very neat place

Great collection of railroad equipment and artifacts.

Volunteers to help and first station for railroad West to the coast.

Is this a fun place too?

Would be great if equipment outside is taken care of instead of sitting and decaying. One caboose is about to start falling apart.

Visit here was ok. You can tell this place runs on donations and definitely needs some. They have some interesting items

Kind of small for the price, but you can take your time and stay as long as you want.

Nice collection of historical artifacts.very nice model train layout. Very limited hours.

If you like trains great place to go.

We love seeing and being able to get on the train cars.

Quaint train Depot with lots of railroad memorabilia and even a model train. Several old RR engines and train cars to view

Great and fun place to hang out, friendly people- great for the kids

Love this place!

You can go in to some of trains. The depot has train history displayed.

Good with inside car tours when open.

Me and my grandson go weekly a great experience every time

Awesome place very. Enjoyable

Big trains

Needs updated

Never been there

Good

Awesome museum, great place to take the kiddos!!!!!!!!

See some history!

Very interesting.

Everyone was so nice and kind

Great museum!

So much preserved history!

History of time

Super fun!!!!

Good

Loved the place

Its enjoyable

It was a nice visit

My grandbabies first cake

Neat place.

Cool place

I caught the excitement of Iowa!

Great stop

This place in old and is a joke. $20 Dollars too walk inside the building that has nothing. The person who runs this joint is a snitch. This building should be torn down.

Great museum

A place to see.