The Gold Coast Railroad Museum is a railroad museum located in Miami, Florida, adjacent to Zoo Miami.
The Gold Coast Railroad Museum was founded in 1956. The museum was built on the former Naval Air Station Richmond. With over three miles of tracks, the old base was an ideal place to build a railroad museum.
The Gold Coast Railroad Museum is one of three Official State Railroad Museums in Florida. It became a Florida state railroad museum in 1984 when it received statutory recognition by the Florida Legislature as meeting the four statutory criteria, including: its purpose is to preserve railroad history, it is devoted primarily to the history of railroading, it is open to the public, and it operates as a non-profit organization.
The Gold Coast Railroad Museum promotes historical trains and railroads. It houses over 30 historic trains including classic railroad cars like the Western Pacific "Silver Crescent” and engines like the Florida East Coast "113.” The museum strives to teach railroad history with the use of artifacts, movies, and railroading materials. The museum includes a number of displays that are interactive.
Chapters:
00:00 I'm back in Miami!
00:08 Opening Titles
00:18 Introduction
00:40 This museum isn't quite as good as I remembered
01:00 It is still one of the best railroad museums in the entire state
01:15 I think the museum in Parish, Florida may be superior
01:45 The facility looked tired for my recent visit
02:10 Museum added amusement rides to broaden appeal
02:30 This is only an average railroad museum compared to others
03:00 Main attraction here is the Ferdinand Magellan private car
03:20 This museum doesn't have any famous locomotives
04:00 The collection is stagnant
04:15 Access road to Gold Coast Museum & Zoo Miami
04:40 Huge difference in attendance at Gold Coast versus Zoo
04:50 The Bottom Line
05:05 It's an average museum
05:45 A little music
10:30 Thanks for watching!
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