Part 5

Roundhouse Railroad Museum

This National Historic Landmark site is the oldest and largest existing nineteenth-century railroad operations complex in the nation. Construction began in 1850. Thirteen of the original structures remain today. The Central of Georgia Railwayhandled freight, passengers, maintenance, and manufacturing at this single location.

The complex is owned by the City of Savannah and has been operated since 1989 by the Coastal Heritage Society. Five of the buildings house permanent exhibits, including the roundhouse with its operating turntable. Visitors can see steam and diesel locomotives, rail cars, steam-powered machinery, model railroads, and a 126-foot brick smokestack with privies around its base.

We got our own personal tour from one of the workers so we got to climb in trains that were roped off.

They had a handcar that we actually got to try. It was so much fun and a great learning experience.

In front of the railroad museum is where one of                                        the bloodiest engagements of the Revolution was fought.