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Texas State Railroad Society
DEVOTED TO THE HERITAGE OF A 29-MILES LONG RAILROAD IN THE ANDERSON & CHEROKEE COUNTIES OF EAST TEXAS,
THE COMMUNITIES SERVED, AND CONNECTING RAILROADS
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ORGANIZATIONS with Similar Interests
(This is a work in progress.
We plan to improve this feature and include more organizations within our area that share our common interests.)
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We'd like to refer you to other organizations that share our interest in railroading, and its history in our area. The mileage shown is the distance from the Museum of the Rail Yard Park of Palestine.
1. Palestine (4.0 miles)
Museum for East Texas Culture
400 Micheaux Avenue
Palestine, Texas 903-723-1914
website: www.museumpalestine.org
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Items of Railroad Interest:
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Railroad Room with Palestine I-GN / MP depot funishings and equipmentitems
2. Rusk (31 miles)
Heritage Center of Cherokee County
208 Henderson Street
Rusk, Texas 75785 903-714-8685
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website: www.teachinghistory.org
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Items of Railroad Interest:
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Railroad and peniteniary history and ephemera
3. Tyler (48 miles)
Cotton Belt Depot Museum
210 East Oakwood Street
Tyler, Texas 903-595-7232
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website: www.cottonbeltdepotmuseum
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Items of Railroad Interest:
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SSW (Cotton Belt) Railroad memorabilia.
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Bragg collection of Lionel 'O' gauge model railroad items
4. Lufkin (72 miles)
Texas Forestry Museum
1905 Atkinson Drive
Lufkin, Texas 75901 903-632-9535
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website: www. treetexas.org
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Items of Railroad Interest:
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Logging locomotive, log loader, log car & caboose
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Depot
5. Jefferson (117 miles)
Jefferson Historical Society & Museum
223 W. Austin Street
Jefferson, Texas 903-665-2775
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website: www.jeffersonmuseum.net
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Items of Railroad Interest:
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R.D. Moses Model Railroad operated by the Jefferson & Cypress Bayou Model Railroad Club.
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Historic Jefferson Railway
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Jay Gould Business Car
6. Shreveport (136 miles)
Red River Valley Railroad Historical Society
Shreveport Water Works & Railroad Museums
142 North Common Street
Shreveport, Louisiana 318-458-3123
website: www.rrvrhs.org
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Items of Railroad Interest:
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Railroad artefacts, memorabilia,
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Rolling stock collection
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