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The National Museum of Transportation and the oldest rail tunnel west of the Mississippi
Kirkwood, Missouri
Nate Beal · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Founded in 1944, the museum fills 42 acres with locomotives, rolling stock, cars, aircraft and a boat, and holds one of the largest collections of steam locomotives anywhere. In the southwest corner of the property is West Barretts Tunnel, bored in 1853 as one of a pair that were the first rail tunnels to operate west of the Mississippi River. The museum has its own spur onto an active main line.
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