Sunday, August 24, 2025

Calera, AL: Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum/(Southern Depot + L&N Freight House)

Depot: (Satellite)
Freight: (Satellite)

This museum is the official railroad museum of the state of Alabama. [hodrrm]

The freight house is on the right. The depot is behind the passenger cars.
Street View, Jun 2016

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Old Woodlawn Depot, now at Heart of Dixie RR Museum in Calera, AL

The above building was a L&N freight house, and it was moved here from Woodlawn, AL. It houses the Boone Library. The building below was the Southern depot in Wilton, AL, and it functions as a depot for the excursion trains. The museum also owns the former L&N right-of-way that goes East to Selby, AL. [hodrrm_history]

Street View, Jun 2016

Street View, Jun 2016

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This Southern depot was a combination depot.

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"The Woodlawn Depot was built in 1904. It was originally located at 6501 1st Avenue South, in Woodlawn, a community in the city of Birmingham, Alabama....Records show that by 1947, the station had been converted into the Paint, Roofing and Supply Co. The photo of the building shown here is the only known image from that time period."

The collection is not just regional; these commuter cars are from Chicago and NYC service.

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They have restored one of their two C&NW gallery cars.

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Long Island Commuter Car.

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