Where is Chatham Railroad Museum located?

Chatham Railroad Museum is located in MA.

How do I get tickets to Chatham Railroad Museum?

Tickets and current schedules are available on the operator's official website at http://www.chathamrailroadmuseum.com/.

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Chatham Railroad Museum

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Upcoming Events

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About Chatham Railroad Museum

1887 Victorian Railroad-Gothic style depot housing a railroad museum in Chatham (Cape Cod); static collection with rolling stock outside, open June through Columbus Day; no scheduled rides.

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History

Rail service reached the elbow of Cape Cod when the Chatham Railroad opened between Harwich and Chatham on November 21, 1887, and the Victorian Railroad Gothic-style depot on Depot Road stayed in use until 1937, when freight service ended and the line was abandoned. Proposed for demolition in 1957–58, the station was bought in 1959 by Phyllis Graves Cox for use as a museum, restored over the following year, and reopened as the Chatham Railroad Museum in July 1960; in 1978 the building joined the National Register of Historic Places as the Chatham Railroad Depot. Its collections run from the New York Central model locomotives used at the 1939 New York World's Fair to original, still-working Western Union telegraph gear, lanterns, signs, timetables, menus and promotional literature, while a restored 1910 caboose, donated by the New York Central in 1962, sits on the grounds outside.