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MUSEUM
Meridian Railroad Museum
1805 Front Street
Meridian, MS 39
301
601-710-0843
Open Tuesday-Friday 9am-3pm
1st Saturday of every month 8am-12pm
By Appointment-Contact us!
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Meridian's True Railroad Museum

Honoring our history and investing in our future.

The Meridian Railroad Museum is located in the heart of Downtown Meridian, Mississippi right along the Meridian Speedway. The Meridian Railroad Museum is housed in the former freight station and Railway Express Agency building adjacent to the Meridian Union Station and the Norfolk Southern mainline. Built in 1906 in the Mission Revival style, the station and freight house served a variety of fallen flag passenger trains throughout the 20th century, including the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio, the Illinois Central, and the Southern Railway. The museum includes a trio of retired rolling stock, including a caboose from the nearby Meridian & Bigbee shortline. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Meridian Rails Historical Society took possession of the building in November of 2021 when the Meridian City Council voted to donate the building to the society for usage of a permanent home for the railroad museum.

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Model Railroad Layout & Model Railroading Classes

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Programs for Toddlers (Tots & Trains, Story Time with an Engineer)

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Honoring railroaders of the past, their families by keeping their stories alive.

The Future of the Meridian Railroad Museum

While we continue to operate out of our current location, we are looking to the future. To the left you will see our future plans for our museum.  We hope to bring tourism through an excursion line, a train themed restaurant and by restoring the original steam powered cotton compress.

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