The Milwaukee Railroad Shops Historic District, a regional historic site and museum focusing on railroad history and science, is offering extended summer hours during the months of June, July, and August. For this three-month period, the railroad museum shop will be open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays; and Noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays.
Admission to the railroad museum is $4.00 for adults; $3.00 for senior citizens (age 50 and older); $2.00 for children and students (age 6 to 18); and free for children under age 5 accompanied by an adult. A portion of the admission fee that is collected is earmarked for historic preservation work on the buildings, locomotives, rolling stock and artifact that form the railroad museum’s collections and exhibits.
The Milwaukee Railroad Shops Historic District features an excellent collection of historic steam locomotive-era buildings dating from 1917. This historic collection features a restored roundhouse with turntable, machine shop building, carpenter shop, sand drying house, and wood sand tower. The historic district is home to the National Register-listed steam locomotive Great Northern Railway No. 1355, a Pacific-style 4-6-2 wheel arrangement passenger train locomotive.
The Milwaukee Railroad Shops Historic District is located along the Loess Hills National Scenic Byway, State Highway 12, in the north Riverside neighborhood of Sioux City. For more information visit the railroad museums website at MilwaukeeRailroadShops.org or call 712-233-6996.
A periodic look at the progress and events taking place at the Milwaukee Railroad Shops in Sioux City, Iowa
What are the operating hours? I took my granddaughter to the museaum on July 17 and was disappointed to find everything locked up. My father, her great-grandfather, George McGarry was on the final crew that fired the Great Northern Engnine. I was hoping to show it to her.
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