Railroad Camp

In both its building and exhibits, the Polson Museum's Railroad Camp is steadily progressing.

Designed to retain the aesthetic, material, and functional qualities of a century-old locomotive shed north of town, Railroad Camp sits in the northeast corner of our property and measures 80 feet by 40. Ribbed with 12x12s milled by our director John Larson, the $750,000 structure will someday house all artifacts from our extensive heavy-machinery collection.

Already atop our Speed Track on our mezzanine floor is an impressive 550-year-old Douglas fir. Someday atop a flatcar planned for us will sit our 33-ton Tacoma steam donkey. You can see it out front now. All will be explained through enlargements from our huge photo collection. Though no one works at Railroad Camp now, you can still get a glimpse of what Polson Logging Company work once was like.

For more complete information, read Our Railroad Camp Story.