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After I left Roanoke I stopped at KFC for lunch before I drove about 5 miles on Interstate 81 north and then took US 220 north to my next stop of Clifton Forge, Virginia where I followed the signs to the museum.
The group has built-from-scratch-reproduction of this station building and here is the Clifton Forge Station Sign.
C&O Caboose 90382.
C&O GP-7 5828.
Smiths Creek Yard sign.
Station being construction.
Railroad crossing sign crossbuck.
C&O Standard Signal Tower is a built-from-scratch-reproduction.
C&O Flat Car 80435.
C&O Dining Car Gatsby's Tavern.
C&O Baggage Car.
C&O Caboose 3168.
C&O Combine 458.
Three unknown C&O Passenger Cars.
C&O 940301.
C&O Unknown.
C&O MW Baggage Car 940159.
C&O Unknown passenger car.
Two C&O Unknown box cars.
C&O Caboose 90219.
C&O Unknown Box Car.
Section House 42.
1/8 Scale Railroad the museum will run at times.
The Clifton Forge Freight Station that had the museum's displays inside.
Picnic Grounds.
C&O Dining Car Gatsby's Tavern.
C&O Dining Car Gatsby's Tavern dining area.
C&O Dining Car Gatsby's Tavern kitchen.
C&O Combination 458.
The coach area of the C&O Combination 458.
Two museum views. Now I will go inside the museum to see the displays. Here I met Rick Tabb, the Executive Director, of the Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society who showed me around the museum.
The museum has a cat named Chessie that sleeps like the one that was made famous by the C&O Railroad.
This live steamer is on display.
This mural shows both boats and railroads.
A model railroad based on the old C&O Railroad in the area.
A C&O Dining Car China Collection.
A George Washington Drumhead from the train with that name.
Locomotive number plates which are real except for the one of the C&O 614.
Engines of the C&O Railroad.
C&O Railroad 1210 model.
More C&O Railroad Display Boards.
Chesapeake & Ohio School of Nursing.
More Chessie China and Dolls.
Chessie.
The Kitten of Destiny.
The Chessie Era.
CSX the successor of the Chessie.
Models of C&O Engines.
Lanterns, Conductor Hats and other things in this case.
Sleep like a Kitten.
One Hundred and Fifty Anniversary Painting.
A famous picture of Chessie.
Picture of a steam engine on a freight train.
Picture of a C&O F unit.
One more view of the old C&O Freight House.
C&O Milepost 277.
One last view. A special thank you to Rick Tabb for showing me around. After I said goodbye to everyone at the museum, I drove west on Interstate 64 to Sam Black Church where I went west of US 60 and the last miles on that road in the rain. At US 19 I turned north and went through several torrential down pours of rain as I made my way to Summerville and the Best Western Summerville Lake Motor Lodge for the night.
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