Can I visit the Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum?
You’re there now! This is a virtual museum in cyberspace. [Please note that CPRR.org is not located in MoorvilleMoorvilleMoorville, Kansas; and, fortunately, we don’t suffer from a common museum malady, the “edifice complex.”] We are deeply honored to have the author of what the Wall Street Journal called the “definitive” history of the building of the US transcontinental railroad describe the Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum as “the best RR website on the planet.” The photographs, maps, documents, readings and other items displayed on this website are physically scattered in various locations around the United States, in more than 250 collections. Many are too delicate to handle. The photographs are also small (most measure 3 1/2″) and light sensitive. The restored and enlarged digital images presented here are often much easier to see than the original! (Due to the ravages of age and technical factors, each image has typically required extensive restoration and mo
You’re there now! This is a virtual museum in cyberspace. [Please note that CPRR.org is not located in Moorville, Kansas; and, fortunately, we don’t suffer from a common museum malady, the “edifice complex.”] We are deeply honored to have the author of what the Wall Street Journal called the “definitive” history of the building of the US transcontinental railroad describe the Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum as “the best RR website on the planet.” The photographs, maps, documents, readings and other items displayed on this website are physically scattered in various locations around the United States, in more than 250 collections. Many are too delicate to handle. The photographs are also small (most measure 3 1/2″) and light sensitive. The restored and enlarged digital images presented here are often much easier to see than the original! (Due to the ravages of age and technical factors, each image has typically required extensive restoration and modification using d
