Bellingham Railway Museum Explained

The Bellingham Railway Museum was a nonprofit museum located in downtown Bellingham, Washington, USA, that displayed a pictorial and text history of railroad traffic in Bellingham and Whatcom/Skagit Counties, as well as a large electric model railroad, an exhibit of railroad lanterns, and a train simulator based on Microsoft Train Simulator software. A research library was also hosted.^[1] It opened in 2003 and was volunteer operated until its permanent closure in June of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.^{[2] [3] [4]}

External links

• Official website

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Bellingham Railway Museum Museum Day Live! Smithsonian . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160413225956/http://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/venues/museum/bellingham-railway-museum/ . 2016-04-13 . Smithsonian.com.
2. Web site: Parker . Hilary . 2016-11-14 . Train Enthusiast? You Need to Visit the Bellingham Railway Museum with Your Kids . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210621132407/https://www.bellingham.org/insider-blogs/train-enthusiast-you-need-to-visit-the-bellingham-railway-museum/ . 2021-06-21 . www.bellingham.org.
3. Web site: 2016-09-23 . Bellingham Railway Museum chronicles history of local railroads . The Bellingham Herald.
4. Web site: Bellingham Railway Museum . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190426023636/https://www.aaa.com/travelinfo/washington/bellingham/attractions/bellingham-railway-museum-545082.html . 2019-04-26 . AAA.