Excellent Museum, Nice collection under restoration
South Carolina Railroad Museum的点评
点评:The South Carolina Railroad Museum has a nice selection of railroad cars to explore, the cars are in various stages of restoration. There is a beautifully restored 4-6-0 steam locomotive from the Hampton and Branchville Railroad, A local shoreline in coastal South Carolina. In addition to the steam locomotive, the museum has a number of passenger cars from the Ringling Brother Barnum and Bailey Circus, Cabooses, and Diesel Locomotives. They also have a museum building that is filled with railroad lanterns a recreation of a railroad station office from a local depot. There is also a model railroad that shows the current museum train line. One of the tours include a number of railcars; there is a passenger car, postal car, and baggage car that are open to walk through and interact with the exhibits.
While we were there, they were running a Halloween Train called the Pumpkin Patch Express. This was a 3-mile train ride to the pumping patch located along the rail line with a layover for the children to explore the pumpkin patch. The museum was offering a train each hour for the tour using 2 of there passenger trains. Other tours are also scheduled during the year including a Valentine Dinner Train, Easter Bunny Train, Memorial Day Train, Saturday Summer Train, Santa Clause Train, and BBQ Trains. The museum is free to tour but the train rides are an additional fee and a reservation is recommended. Check the website for a schedule of operating days. We will check it out again.
翻译:南卡罗来纳州铁路博物馆收藏了一系列精美的铁路车辆供游客参观,这些车辆的修复进度各不相同。其中一辆修复精美的4-6-0型蒸汽机车来自汉普顿和布兰奇维尔铁路,该铁路位于南卡罗来纳州沿海地区。除了这辆蒸汽机车,博物馆还收藏了玲玲马戏团、巴纳姆贝利马戏团的客车车厢、守车和柴油机车。博物馆建筑内装饰着铁路灯笼,并仿照当地火车站的办公室进行布置。此外,还有一个模型铁路展示了博物馆目前的列车线路。其中一条游览路线包含多节车厢:一节客车车厢、一节邮政车厢和一节行李车厢,游客可以进入车厢内参观并与展品互动。
我们参观时,博物馆正在运行一趟名为“南瓜园特快”的万圣节主题列车。这趟列车行驶3英里(约4.8公里)到达位于铁路沿线的南瓜园,途中会在南瓜园停留,供孩子们玩耍。博物馆每小时都会安排一班观光列车,使用两列客运列车。此外,博物馆全年还会安排其他观光列车,包括情人节晚餐列车、复活节兔子列车、阵亡将士纪念日列车、周六夏季列车、圣诞老人列车和烧烤列车。博物馆免费参观,但乘坐火车需额外付费,建议提前预订。请访问博物馆网站查看运营时间表。我们会再次查看。