Southeastern Railway Museum
Railroad and transportation Museum
Native nameGeorgia's Official Transportation History Museum
Coordinates33.988488°N 84.155797°W
Established1970 by the Atlanta Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society
Location3595 Buford Hwy.
Duluth, Georgia USA
Websitehttps://www.train-museum.org/

The Southeastern Railway Museum (initialized SRM, AAR code SMRX) is a railroad museum located in Duluth, Georgia, in suburban Atlanta.

The museum was founded in 1970 by the Atlanta Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society.[1][2] There are over 90 pieces of rolling stock exhibited on the 30-acre (12-hectare) site. In 2000, the museum was given the title of being Georgia's official transportation history museum,[3] and the collection of exhibits continues to diversify to reflect this.

In addition to the rolling stock there is a wide variety of railroad artifacts and an extensive archive. The grounds also contain the restored 1871 Duluth passenger train depot,[4] a G16/Park train ride,[5] and a model railroad[6] housed in Building 1. Visitors can also take a brief train ride on restored cabooses over track which runs the length of the property.[1]

Rolling stock collection

Steam Locomotives

Steam Locomotives[7]
NameClassImagesManufacturerYear builtNotes
Savannah and Atlanta 7504-6-2 Light PacificAmerican Locomotive Company1910
Stone Mountain "General II" 1044-4-0Baldwin Locomotive Works1919
Chattahoochee Valley No. 212-8-0Baldwin Locomotive Works1924
Heisler Campbell Limestone 92-Truck HeislerHeisler Locomotive Works1924
Southern Railway 1509 "Maud"0-4-4TBaldwin Locomotive Works1876Not on display.
Visible from train ride.
Atlanta and West Point 2904-6-2 Heavy PacificLima Locomotive Works1926Not on display.
Gainesville Midland No. 2032-10-0External imageBaldwin Locomotive Works1928Not on display.
Georgia Power No. 97USATC 0-6-0TExternal imageH.K. Porter, Inc.1943Not on display.

Diesel Locomotives

Diesel Locomotives[7][8]
NameClassImagesManufacturerYear builtNotes
Southeastern Railway Museum No. 3GE 50-TonnerGeneral Electric1948Usually used to pull passengers at the museum. Previously called Hudson Bay Mining No. 101. Rebuilt with Cummins engines.
Southern Railway (SOU) No. 8202EMD SW7Electro-Motive Dieselc. 1950Sometimes used to pull passengers at the museum.
Georgia Railroad No. 1026EMD GP7Electro-Motive Diesel1950
Southern Railway (SOU) No. 6901EMD E8Electro-Motive Diesel1951Newly repainted and restored in 2026.
CSX No. 8954EMD SD45-2Electro-Motive Diesel1974Used to be SCL No. 2049
Armco Steel B70BoxcabExternal imageBaldwin-Westinghouse1929Not on display.
Claimed to be the oldest Baldwin-built diesel still surviving.
New York, Ontario and Western Railway No. 104General Electric 44-ton switcherGeneral Electric1941Not on display.
Hartwell Railroad No. 2General Electric 44-ton switcherExternal imageGeneral Electric1950Not on display.
Louisville & Nashville No. 2326Modified ALCO S-4ALCO1951Not on display.
Visible from train ride.
Southern Railway No. 2594EMD GP30Electro-Motive Dieselc. 1962Not on display here.
On long term lease to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum.

Passenger cars

Passenger cars[9][10]
NameImagesManufacturerYear builtNotes
Norfolk Southern/Central of Georgia No. NS 30 "Marco Polo" / "Savannah"External imagePullman Company1927Private Car used by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt between the years of 1933 and 1940.
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad No. 301 "Superb"Pullman Company1911Private Car used by U.S. Presidents Warren G. Harding and Woodrow Wilson
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Sleeper/Lounge "Washington Club"External imagePullman Company1930Closed pending restoration.
Clinchfield Railroad Bar/Lounge car No. 112Stored and closed. Originally carried baggage and steel[11] for Louisville & Nashville as L&N No. 1416. Was converted to a "bar car" in 1970. Donated to the museum in 1993 and served as a meeting and party car for some time.
Southern Railway Diner No. 3168Pullman Company1926Features original kitchen and 48 dining seats.
Southern Railway Coach No. 3780Pullman Company1922Painted and lettered as New Georgia Railroad No. 1104
Southern Railway Coach No. 812 "Charlottesville"External imagePullman Company1940Exterior exhibit only.
Southern Railway Coach No. 1212Pullman Company1917Exterior exhibit only.
Modified with partitions in 1940 to segregate races.
Southern Railway Coach No. 1078Pullman Company1922Exterior exhibit only.
Central of Georgia Coach No. 527Pullman Company1924Exterior exhibit only.
Central of Georgia Coach No. 651External imageBethlehem Steel1937Stored and closed. Painted and lettered as New Georgia Railroad No. 1111.
Central of Georgia Coach No. 662External imageAmerican Car and Foundry Company[12]1946On lease to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, AAR reporting mark SMRX 662
Atlantic Coast Line Business car No. 307Pullman Company1924Currently painted and lettered as SMRX No. 307 "Georgia On My Mind"
Southern Railway 10-1-2 sleeper "Thomas Ruffin"Pullman Company1929Exterior exhibit only.
Southern Railway 10-6 sleeper No. 2019 "Tugalo River"Pullman Company1949Closed pending restoration. Currently lettered as Norfolk Southern "NS17"
Amtrak 24-8 Slumbercoach No. 2092 "Loch Arkaig"Budd Company1959
USAX Troop kitchen car No. 200American Car and Foundry Company[13]1944Exterior exhibit only.

Head-end equipment

Head-end equipment[14][15]
NameImagesManufacturerYear builtNotes
Central of Georgia Railway Baggage car No. 405Pullman Company1916Originally a cavalry horse carrier. Converted to baggage car, then to a commissary car. Donated 1968.
Southern Railway RPO No. 1701 "Grand Junction"External imagePullman Company1941Built for the Tennessean passenger train. RPO section is 60', baggage compartment is 20'. Donated 1970.
Southern Railway RPO/Baggage car No. 153Bethlehem Steel1928Not on display. In use as archive storage.[16][17] Half post office, half baggage compartment. Ran on the passenger train "Royal Palm" between Atlanta and Jacksonville. Donated in 1968.
Southern Railway Baggage car No. 116Pullman Company1922Not on display. There is a restroom on board, since it was a staffed car called a "messenger". The star beside the number indicates that it is a staffed car.
Southern Railway Baggage car No. 451Pullman Companyc. 1950Not on display. Library car. Tourist Sleeper Pullman no. 6031; converted to Baggage Express 451 in c. 1950, 80'. In use as air-conditioned archive storage.[16]
Southern Railway Baggage car No. 582 "Benburb"Pullman Company1920Not on display. Built as a one drawing room sleeper. Converted to tourist sleeper #2438 in 1942. Converted to baggage car 1948. Donated 1972.
Southern Railway Baggage car No. 4529 "Dorado"Pullman Company1918In process of restoration, as of February 2026.[18] Built for NO&NE as 12 section 1 drawing room sleeper. Converted to tourist sleeper #3009 in 1937. Converted to baggage car in 1955. Donated in 1971.
Southern Railway Baggage car No. 6457 "Point Noire"Pullman Company1926Not on display. Converted by Southern to baggage express car No. 6204 in the 1950s and assigned to GS&F.

Freight cars

Freight cars[19][20][21]
NameImagesManufacturerYear builtNotes
L&N (H.P. Hood and Sons) milk tank car No. 40605General American-Pfaudlerc. 1943 to 1949[22]Originally GPEX#1015. Thought to be only 15-25 cars left in the nation.
Seaboard Air Line boxcar No. 9028External imagePressed Steel Car Company1926Originally built as a gondola, rebuilt as a boxcar in 1936 by Seaboard Air Line.
Fruit Growers Express reefer No. 55558Fruit Growers Express[23]c. 1940
Central of Georgia Railway Bulkhead flat No. 11403Thrall Car Manufacturing Company1965In storage. Two engine hoods from Hartwell 2, and the cab from Atlanta and West Point 290 are on this car[citation needed]
Norfolk Southern coal hopper car No. 993359MWN&W Roanoke Shops1964One of 280 class H11A units. ex-Norfolk & Western 94309. Used for coal service until 1994.
GATX Kaolin tank car No. 40649Donated to the museum in 2008.
DODX heavy duty flat car No. 384161953200,000 pound capacity. Designed to transport two tanks.
Southern Railway flat car No. 117092External imageSouthern Railway1926Donated in 1963. 500 built.
Southern Railway hopper No. 747451966Three bays.
Norfolk and Western gondola No. 99984Virginia Bridge Works[24]1940Donated in 1963.
Southern Railway gondola No. 9000971938
Southern Railway gondola No. 291069External image1958
Southern Railway boxcar No. 33309External image1965Weighs 56,400 pounds unloaded
Chattahoochee Valley boxcar No. 1010External image1959[25]Purchased from Chattahoochee Valley Railroad for use as storage.
Chattahoochee Valley boxcar No. 1011between 1957 and 1969Purchased from Chattahoochee Valley Railroad for use as storage.
Chattahoochee Valley boxcar No. 9012External image1965[26]Purchased from Chattahoochee Valley Railroad for use as storage.
Chattahoochee Valley boxcar No. 9014between 1957 and 1969Purchased from Chattahoochee Valley Railroad for use as storage.
Chattahoochee Valley boxcar No. 987031957[27]Purchased from Chattahoochee Valley Railroad for use as storage.
Chattahoochee Valley boxcar No. 98705External image1969[28]Purchased from Chattahoochee Valley Railroad for use as storage.
Chattahoochee Valley boxcar No. 98707External image1962[29]Purchased from Chattahoochee Valley Railroad for use as storage.
Chattahoochee Valley boxcar No. 98708between 1957 and 1969Purchased from Chattahoochee Valley Railroad for use as storage.

Additionally, the following freight cars have been photographed on museum grounds for several years, but are unsourced as to whether or not they technically belong to the museum's permanent collection:

Cabooses

Cabooses[31][32][33]
NameImagesManufacturerYear builtNotes
Southern Railway Transfer caboose No. XC7871c. 1950sPreviously used to transfer workers and their equipment. Donated in 1980. Now used as the middle car on the train ride.
Norfolk and Western No. 500837Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway1944Commonly the final caboose on the train ride. ex-Pittsburg & West Virginia #837. Class C19. Donated 1989.
Central of Georgia Wood caboose No. X92Central of Georgia1916Converted to Caboose in 1942. Donated 1970.
Seaboard Coast Line No. 010771970Steel class M6 caboose, donated 1997.
Southern Railway Wood caboose No. 2156Southern Railway1915Not on display. Previously used by Vulcan Materials. Donated in 1979.
Georgia Railroad No. 2866External imageGeorgia Railroadc. 1941 to 1945On exhibit near buses. Converted from box car during World War II. Steel caboose. Previously used to carry passengers between Augusta and Athens.
Georgia Railroad Steel braced wood caboose No. 2849External imageGeorgia Railroad1941Not on display. Built during the World War II steel shortage. Frame and ends are from a 1923 box car. Donated 1972.
Clinchfield Railroad No. 1064Thrall Car Manufacturing Company1952ex-Monon #81515. ex-L&N #915. Replaced Clinchfield's original #1064 which burned in a fire. Donated 1985.

Maintenance-of-way equipment

Maintenance-of-way equipment[34][35][36][10][37][38]
NameImagesManufacturerYear builtNotes
Chattahoochee Valley flatcar with burro crane No. 522Industrial BrownhoistPreviously used for light maintenance of railroad infrastructure.
Jordan Spreader No. JX635O. F. Jordan Company1926Previously used to spread the rock ballast that supports rail ties. Could also cut drainage ditches.
Western Union tool car No. 3558-ABWestern Union1929Restored in 2018 and displayed in building 1.
Seaboard Air Line bunk car No. F70413Seaboard Air Line Railroadc. 1930Contained coal stove, shower, ice box, and six bunk beds. Made of wood.
USAX self-propelled crane No. C-271American DiesElectric195350-ton self-propelled crane used by the Army Transportation Corps.
WofA Pile driver No. 20 and boom car No. 7001Industrial Brownhoist1929Pile driver had 33 inch wheels and a tractive effort of 8000 pounds.
WofA tender No. 7302Industrial Brownhoist1929Goes with WofA Pile driver No. 20. Capacity of 12 tons of coal and 7000 gallons of water.

Miscellaneous rolling stock

Miscellaneous rolling stock[39][40]
NameImagesManufacturerYear builtNotes
L&N M-1 Berkshire Tender No. 1966 "Big Emma"Baldwin Locomotive Works1944Tender from L&N No. 1966, a Louisville and Nashville class M-1 (2-8-4) locomotive. The train was scrapped in 1956, but the tender survived.
L&N Auxiliary Water Tender No. 279ALCO-Brooks1924Converted from coal tender of L&N No. 279, a USRA Light Pacific (4-6-2) locomotive, K-5 Brooks.
JLDX No. 55.[citation needed]

Transit equipment

Rail vehicles

Rail vehicles[41][42][43][44]
NameImagesManufacturerYear builtNotes
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority CQ310 heavy rail car No. 509Société Franco-Belge198175 foot aluminum body, 46 passenger capacity. Donated in 2022.
Georgia Railway and Power Company streetcar No. 269External imageCincinnati Car Company1921Stored outside pending restoration in front of SOU 1509 "Maud". Used on the Decatur line between 1921 and 1948.
Georgia Railway and Power Company streetcar No. 636Georgia Railway and Power Company1924Stored outside pending restoration. Can be seen near the end of the train ride behind SOU 1509 "Maud".

Rubber-tired vehicles

Rubber-tired vehicles[42][45][46][47][48][49][50]
NameImagesManufacturerYear builtNotes
Atlanta Transit System Trackless trolley No. 1296External imagePullman Company1946 or 1947Not on display.
Atlanta Transit System Trackless trolley No. 1732St. Louis Car Company1949
Atlanta Transit System Trackless trolley No. 1756External imageSt. Louis Car Company1949Not on display.
BC Transit T-48 Trackless trolley No. 2207CCF-Brill1950Not on display. 48 seats.
Atlanta Airport Automated People Mover No. 1External imageWestinghouse1980Westinghouse C-100
Atlanta Airport Automated People Mover No. 53External imageWestinghouse1980Westinghouse C-100
CobbLinc RTS bus No. 8956GMC1989
Ride Gwinnett Orion VII 32.5' CNG bus No. B014[a]Orion Bus Industries2002Entered service 2003.

MARTA-owned vehicles

MARTA-owned vehicles[42][47][51][52][53]
NameImagesManufacturerYear builtNotes
Georgia Power Company bus No. 401White Motor Company1941In use 1941 to 1960.
Atlanta Transit Company "Old Look" bus No. 253General Motors1953"Old Look" bus, first introduced in 1940 by Yellow Coach Manufacturing Company prior to their acquisition by GM. In use 1954 to 1974.
Atlanta Transit System "New Look" bus No. 946, "Fishbowl"General Motors1963Second generation "New Look" bus. In use 1963 to 1983.
MARTA "New Look" bus No. 4211, "Fishbowl"General Motors1974Fourth generation "New Look" bus.
MARTA Flxible Metro bus No. 3360Flxible1988This model Flxible Metro bus was manufactured between 1983 to 1995. In use 1988 to 2003.
MARTA New Flyer 40' CNG bus No. 2701New Flyer1996New Flyer C40LF, runs on compressed natural gas.
Mule streetcar No. 1866External imageNot currently on display.

Special events

The museum hosts a series of annual special events, including Caboose Days in April, the Fast Track 5K in May, Locomotive Celebration in June, Trains, Trucks & Tractors in August and Classics at the Crossing in October.[54]

See also

References

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  1. ^ Not publicly disclosed if this bus is part of the museum's permanent collection.