February 24, 2023 Kingman, Railroads, and Bullhead City

Our journey today took us to the Kingman Railroad Museum.

“In Kingman’s historic Railroad Depot, the Kingman Railroad Museum houses railroad memorabilia and artifacts from former railroaders. The Museum is operated by train enthusiasts and past railroad employees who are dedicated to preserving railroad history. The museum features three operating model train displays featuring the “O” Gauge, “HO” Gauge and “N” Gauge trains and buildings. The “O” Gauge displays a selection of rolling stock from the 1940s to 1960s era. Large windows allow plenty of natural light and safe viewing of the real trains thundering outside just feet away. “

“The Railroad Depot was built in 1907, it was Kingman’s third depot at this location. The first Depot was built in 1885 and destroyed by fire in 1900. The second depot existed from 1900 to 1906. The building currently houses the museum and an Amtrak passenger waiting room.”

Besides being a museum, this is a stop for Amtrak!  Plus the tracks are active.  They average 50 trains per day – some stop, some do not.

We met the docent who took us thru some of the exhibits.  All the trains were running – it was neat to see all the layouts – what detail!

This is interesting:

It was so much fun just watching the trains and going from one display to another.

Continuing on to the rest of the museum:

I wonder why – LOL!

What a wonderful museum and so glad we stopped in.

Since it was early afternoon, we decided to take a road trip to Bullhead City and Laughlin.  The scenery was just beautiful!

  

We checked out the different places and had lunch at In-n-Out. Yum!  We belong to CRA and there is a membership park in Bullhead City.  We decided to check it out as well as the local state park along the river.  Both very nice.  On our schedule for next season.

Another wonderful day!

Enjoy today!