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Princeton Railroad Museum, Princeton, WV

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Princeton Railroad Museum

A West Virginia museum about the Virginian Railway, with a restored caboose and a collection of lanterns and lamps.

Princeton, WV

About Princeton Railroad Museum

The Princeton Railroad Museum in Princeton, West Virginia, focuses on the Virginian Railway, a line that ran from Norfolk, Virginia, to Deepwater, West Virginia. The museum displays a caboose it restored and an extensive lantern, light, and lamp collection. Its 15th anniversary event on October 2 offered free admission, free trolley rides among five Princeton museums, living history portrayals, and other activities on Old Mercer Street.

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    Mercer Mall

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    Transit: reachable by public transit

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  • Sports & Outdoors

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    A large southern West Virginia state park in the Bluestone River gorge, straddling Mercer and Summers counties.

    12 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors

  • Sports & Outdoors
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    Bluestone State Park

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    19 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors

  • Sports & Outdoors

    Little Beaver State Park

    No admission fee

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    27 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors

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    History Buff

    Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine

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    Transit: reachable by public transit

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