General Info

This museum in Sioux City is located at the historic Milwaukee Railroad roundhouse site. It details the history of the area’s over one hundred thirty-year-old railroad industry through the use of photographs, artifacts, and a large HO-scale model. Its gift shop has a great deal of railroad merchandise. Originally built in 1917 by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railway Company, more commonly known as The Milwaukee Roadthe complex has a great history of the world of the rail, the people that were working with the railroad and how the life of everyone was impacted by the 2nd largest shop complex in the Milwaukee’s system behind their home shops in Milwaukee, WI. Originally the site had over 50 acres of land and 25 buildings including a 30 stall roundhouse, machine/blacksmith shop, car/carpenter shop, steam power plant, water softener plant, stores warehouse, sand drying house and two wooden sand towers, a 300 ton capacity wood coal tower and more. Closed to the public the last Saturday prior to Christmas Eve thru March 1st