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RailsWest Railroad Museum

Name: RailsWest Railroad Museum
Address: 16th Avenue & South Main Street, Council Bluffs, IA, 51501, US

16th Avenue & South Main Street

Council Bluffs, IA 51501

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712-323-5182

RailsWest Railroad Museum is a railroad museum operated by the Historical Society of Pottawattamie County. The Museum has displays of dining car silverware, a telegraph office, and memorabilia such as porters' uniforms and ticket stubs. It has a large collection of daily newspapers chronicling the rise and fall of the railroads.

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