Objects that carry a story.
A caboose you can climb into. A track velocipede a lineman once pumped by hand. Lanterns that guided trains through the West Virginia night. Every piece in the museum has a story — here are ours.
Caboose #308
The crew's rolling office and home at the end of every train.
Read the story →The Track Velocipede
A hand- and foot-powered three-wheeler that inspected the line.
Read the story →Lanterns & Signal Lamps
Before radios, railroaders talked to each other with light.
Read the story →Locks, Keys & Badges
How the railroad kept its switches, freight and people safe.
Read the story →The Railroad in Art
Long after the last coal train, the line lives on in paint.
Read the story →The Station Agent's Desk
The telegraph, the ticket window and the heartbeat of the depot.
Read the story →The Model Railroad
Scale models that preserve the Virginian and N&W in miniature.
Read the story →Coal & the Men Who Mined It
The Virginian was built for one thing above all: to move coal.
Read the story →Is railroad history part of your family story?
Use our private English/Spanish guide to turn known clues into an archive checklist. PRM provides a method and historical context; it does not claim to hold employee records.