San Bernardino History and Railroad Museum — Attraction in San Bernardino

The San Bernardino History and Railroad Museum located at the historic Santa Fe Depot and Metrolink Rail Station is an excellent museum of San Bernardino Rail history! This is a great museum dedicated as a historic landmark that immerses it's visitors in an educational and informative experience of the Inland Empires rail history!Great for young and old alike,family's and historians of trains,rail and transportation! They feature lots of displays,rail memorabilia,mechanical items and a great gift store! Loads of free parking,family friendly and you can drop in for a meal or snack at Stevies Snack Shop inside the historic rail depot next door. A great experience! Check for times of operation for days that the San Bernardino History and Railroad Museum is open. . . . #ilovetrains #railroad #railroadhistory #metrolink #boxcars #santafe #sanbernardinohistoryandrailroadmuseum #historicallandmark #iloverailroads #unionpacific #trains #steviessnackshop #whistlestopsnacks #photografxworldwide #sanbernardino...

Highland and its neighbouring communities, including San Bernardino, have a long and interesting history, particularly when it comes to the region’s railroad history. The San Bernardino History and Railroad Museum provides visitors of all ages with a fun and educational trip into the past.

Situated in the 1918 San Bernardino Amtrak Station, the museum showcases many exhibits featuring memorabilia, old photos, and life-size artefacts.

Some of the items on display include an antique traffic control unit, 19th-century horse-drawn buggies, a 1910 centennial buggy, and a re-creation of an early 1900s railroad station. This comes complete with equipment that would have been used...

What a cool museum set in the refurbished Sante Fe Train Station. Wonderful firefighter collection of artifacts, maps, posters, and displays. There were older guys watching an old western movie in the museum as I walked around and read the displays.

The train history of S.Bernie was wonderful to learn about and I even learned of the Loop Train that used to run through the orange groves of the eastern valley.

The refurbished station on the east of of the complex was clean, airy, wide open, and reminded me of older movies and grand old stations of the 1910s-50s.

What a gem that happens to lie in a beautiful...