Indiana Railway Museum

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The Indiana Railway Museum is a railroad museum located in French Lick, Indiana, United States dedicated to preserving and displaying artifacts related to the history of railroads in Indiana.CollectionThe museum's collection includes more than 65 pieces of rolling stock and locomotives. The museum has three steam locomotives on display that are not operational and three operational diesel locomotives. Excursions are typically powered by a diesel locomotive. The excursion train consists of a Alco RS locomotive, 2 double decker passenger cars, 2 heavyweight passenger cars and an Illinois central caboose. Some excursions have 1st class cars and dome cars. The collection consist ofNumber 208 2-6-0 steam locomotivenumber 97 2-6-0 locomotivea 0-4-0 switcher locomotiveA southern railway dome cara chicago and northwestern dome cara pluto water boxcara monon caboosea monon observation cara monon boxcara southen railway boxcar3 green heavyweight passenger carsan RPO caran FL, WB & S passenger car2 old disel locomotivesand much more.Rail lineThe museum owns 16 miles of an ex-Southern Railway and Monon line running from West Baden Springs in Orange County, through French Lick, then southwest to the towns of Cuzco and Dubois in Dubois County.