Tuesday, January 24 – We remain in Las Cruces, NM, at Coachlight RV. Another windy day here. We are going to start referring to this season of the year as Wind-ter! The weather again put a crimp on our sightseeing plans. We reverted to auto-touring rather than walking during our sightseeing.
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Our first stop today was at the Las Cruces Railroad Museum.
It is housed in the historic 1910, Santa Fe Depot. There are dozens of historic photographs and 100's of exhibits.
The lobby with the original bench.
The ticket window with a very excited customer.
The Agent’s bay.
The Fred Harvey Newsstand.
Items associated with the railroad.
One of our most enjoyable displays was the model layouts. There is a huge RR layout of Las Cruces as it appeared in the early 1900's, and two other enjoyable RR layouts. These are “hands-on” layouts that visitors can control. Fun!
One of the interactive control panels.
Las Cruces in the early 1900’s.
There are 100’s of minute details included in the displays. We were able to control this dump truck. It was crazy.
Train coming through the mountain opening.
The train flying by.
What a great…did we mention…free museum. If you are visiting Las Cruces, don’t miss the Las Cruces Railroad Museum.
Just a reminder that we are a little behind in posting. We are currently in Casa Grande, AZ.
Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see y’all back real soon. Have a great day!
Looks like a nice museum. The ranch museum there is really nice, oh wait, your already gone from there...lol
ReplyDeleteI hope you ate at all the good places in Las Cruces and old Mesilla... too delicious to miss out on that!
ReplyDeleteWe normally don't stop at Railroad Museums, but I would have had a great time playing with the trains! How cool and what great attention to details! Yes, I think Wind-ter is very appropriate:)
ReplyDeleteLooks like a fun place to check out thanks for the tour. Enjoy Casa Grande. You getting closer..
ReplyDeleteLove that...wind-ter!!! It appears it has been a cold, rainy and windy wind-ter in a lot of places.
ReplyDeleteThe railroad museum is really cool. Love the details and the hands-on approach!! Thanks for sharing!!
Try and make time for the model train station at the Superstition Museum in Apache Junction. It's really neat.
ReplyDeleteGood tour, I am pleasantly surprised at how may of these train stations have been preserved.
ReplyDeleteGood and free, tough to beat that combo
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