Crewe Railroad Museum, Crewe, Virginia

The southern region of the U.S. state of Virginia has a rich railroad heritage.  Many small towns benefitted from the railroad as trains transported coal from the mountains of West Virginia to the ports of Norfolk, Virginia.  Among those small towns was the small town of Crewe.  It is here where you will find the Crewe Railroad Museum.

The town of Crewe, Virginia was once a major railroad town on the Norfolk and Western Railway that once had a roundhouse.  Today, the roundhouse is long gone, but the yard does remain and is under the ownership of the Norfolk Southern Railway.  The Crewe Railroad Museum tells the railroad history of this small town.  As you drive by, you see rolling stock on display to include a steam locomotive and a diesel locomotive from the Norfolk and Western Railway, and what is a railroad museum without a caboose?  You also have a Pullman car on display.

Then you have the inside of the museum housed in an old train station.  Here, you will find many artifacts on display from the Norfolk and Western Railway, and what is a museum without a model train display.  The one display is a display of the roundhouse in Crewe.

The Crewe Railroad Museum is located at 100 Virginia Avenue (U.S. Route 460 and Virginia Route 49) in the heart of Crewe Virginia.  It is open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 10:00am to 4:00pm.  Admission is free, but they gladly accept donations.  Parking is on site.  Although the museum is wheelchair accessible, not all the rolling stock is.

The Crewe Railroad Museum is a small museum that has a lot of history.  If you are in the area, it is worth the trip.