Saginaw Railway Museum

10/10/2026

One week to go until our last open house of the season. Come see us on Saturday, October 17th between 1-4pm. You'll see new displays and a freshly-painted switch engine. There is no admission fee, but donations are accepted. Donate today at: www.paypal.com/fundraiser/charity/1902345 or by mail to: PO Box 1714 / Saginaw MI 48605

09/14/2026

The Saginaw Railway Museum is THRILLED to announce the completion of the cosmetic restoration on our General Electric 25-ton switcher!
Built in December of 1943, it started life as a US Army Transportation Corps Switcher at the Maumelle Ordnance Works in Arkansas, later making its way to Duke Power, and in about 1980 to the former Morris-Nover (Luntz) scrapyard in Carrollton. Our little engine that could was acquired in October of 1999 and brought back to operational status on August 2, 2009. It sat in its old paint job before restoration efforts began in earnest last year.
Exactly one year after work began, the final paint was applied, and the last of the masking tape has been removed. Come see 7766 for yourself in person during our open house, this coming Saturday, September 19th from 1-4pm!
Donations for our continued restoration efforts may be made at: www.paypal.com/fundraiser/charity/1902345 or by mail to: PO Box 1714 / Saginaw MI 48605

09/11/2026

One of these things is not like the other!

We are extremely excited to share a first look at our freshly repainted GE 25 Ton Switcher U.S.A 7766! It’s not completely finished yet, we’re still working at putting finishing touches on here and there, but the locomotive is on track to being finished for our open house on Saturday, September 19th!

08/26/2026

Caboose A977 has recently received markings for the Saginaw Valley Railroad Historical Society, or “SVRHS” in the font of the Pere Marquette Railway! This was a temporary test to see how these markings might look on a repainted caboose, and our members were happy with the results. This traditionally is where an ownership stencil would be applied, and as we continue work on A977 in the future, we will continue to update our social media pages, so stay tuned!

08/03/2026

This past weekend, the Saginaw Railway Museum attended Railfans Weekend at Crossroads Village in Flint. This year marked the 50th anniversary of Crossroads Village, which opened in 1976 as Genesee County's celebration of the Bicentennial. You can see the Saginaw Railway Museum crew in-person at the museum's next open house this coming August 15th from 1-4pm.

07/17/2026

Our open house scheduled for Saturday, July 18th, has been cancelled due to projected heat and the continued Air Quality Alert in effect. Although our building itself is not directly at risk from the smoke, because it is a 119-year old non-air conditioned structure, smoke can get indoors easily. We also have many outdoor exhibits. To protect our artifacts in the building from smoke exposure, not to mention the safety of our volunteers and visitors, we have made the decision to cancel the open house. You may also notice that we accidentally deleted our entire open house calendar from the site, this will be corrected soon. Our next open house is scheduled for Saturday, August 15th, from 1-4pm.

07/08/2026

The Executive Council meeting scheduled for tonight, July 8th, has been cancelled. Our open house schedule will resume on Saturday July 18th as normal, with our next board meeting as scheduled on August 12th at 7pm.

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07/08/2026

Scanned from our archives:

Chesapeake and Ohio No. 2696 (ex-PM 1212) is seen fresh out of the paint shop in Wyoming, MI. Dated 7-1950, photos by Don Etter.

As we work to continue digitizing, and “modernizing” our archived materials. Our hopes are to share some of our interesting finds online, so stay tuned!

07/02/2026

LSRC 1776 passes the Museum in its patriotic paint to commemorate the Semiquincentennial, which culminates on July 4, 2026, the date that the Declaration of Independence was officially approved by the Second Continental Congress. In observance of Independence Day, the museum will be CLOSED this July 4th. We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday weekend. Photo: Jack Schafsnitz

06/20/2026

We are open today (June 20th, 2026) from 1-4pm! Stop by and see our operating HO Scale model railroad, as well as progress on various cosmetic restorations happening on our historic rolling stock. There is no admission fee as always, but donations are always welcome and greatly appreciated!