Bellingham Railway Museum

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The Bellingham Railway Museum was a nonprofit museum located in downtown Bellingham, Washington, USA, that displayed a pictorial and text history of railroad traffic in Bellingham and Whatcom/Skagit Counties, as well as a large electric model railroad, an exhibit of railroad lanterns, and a train simulator based on Microsoft Train Simulator software. A research library was also hosted. [1] It opened in 2003 and was volunteer operated until its permanent closure in June of 2020 due to a loss of income during the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Bellingham Railway Museum | Museum Day Live! | Smithsonian". Archived from the original on 2016-04-13.
  2. "Train Enthusiast? You Need to Visit the Bellingham Railway Museum with Your Kids".
  3. https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article103739686.html
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