Museum of the American Railroad

Museum of the American Railroad and its collection

The Museum of the American Railroad , formerly known as the Age of Steam Railroad Museum , is a railroad museum in Frisco, Texas . The museum has a large collection of steam, diesel, passenger, and freight railroad equipment, and is noted for allowing guests to walk through some of the equipment on guided tours. The President and CEO is Bob LaPrelle who has worked there for over 30 years now. It was established in 1963 for the Texas State Fair as the Southwest Railroad Historical Society. The collection accounts for over 70 trains; also in the collection are multiple historic structures.