Last updated: 4/8/2009
8594 West S.R. 56
French Lick, IN 47432
PO Box 150
French Lick, IN 47432
Monday - Friday
8:30 AM - 4 PM
Sunday, Saturday
9 AM - 6 PM
Monday - Friday
8:30 AM - 4 PM
Sunday, Saturday
11 AM - 3 PM
Monday - Friday
8:30 AM - 4 PM
No Charge for museum.
Charge for Train Rides: cost of tickets for the excursion train is:
ADULTS $14.00
CHILDREN (11 and under) $7.00
CHILDREN (2 and under) FREE
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Alan Barnett
phone: 812-936-2405
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Teresa Richardson
phone: 812-936-2405
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The Indiana Railway Museum is a tourist railway and museum located in French Lick, Indiana. The Museum was founded in 1961 in the town of Westport, Indiana where the railroad operated a tourist excursion utilizing one small locomotive, three passenger cars, and about twenty volunteers. Ridership was estimated at about 500 passengers in 1962. The museum and railway remained in Westport until a move was necessitated in 1971. The organization relocated to Greensburg, Indiana where it operated until 1976 when it again changed locations. The Museum was relocated to French Lick in 1978 after an agreement with the Southern Railway Company granted the Museum a total of sixteen miles of track stretching from West Baden, Indiana approximately one mile north of French Lick, to a small village named Dubois, to the south. The Indiana Railway Museum currently operates passenger trains over ten miles of this track from French Lick to Cuzco.
The railroad has continued to grow and currently boasts a roster of over 65 pieces of of rolling stock and locomotives, 9 full-time staff, 350 members, and 60 volunteers. In 2004, the railroad had a ridership of over 23,000 passengers.
For groups of 40 or more special charter train can be arranged. These trips can last one or two hours and can be scheduled to work with the group's itinerary. In addition to the train, catered lunches and a special train robbery can be arranged. These trains cannot be scheduled to conflict with a regularly scheduled train. Please call Teresa at 1-800-74-TRAIN for more details or you may email museumstore@indianarailwaymuseum.org.
Would you like to hold your next group function on board a train? The Indiana Railway Museum can accommodate groups from 15 to 300.
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