OUR HISTORY
The Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum is more than just a museum and collection. It is a living, breathing roundhouse where talented restoration specialists work to preserve the locomotives, railroad cars, tools and machinery of the glory days of railroading. Public tours are offered seasonally (April thru November) on Thursdays, Fridays, & Saturdays.
Needing a place to safely store and restore his fleet of railroad old-timers, our founder Jerry Jacobson acquired 34 acres of farm land located immediately adjacent to the Ohio Central Railroad main line track, and right alongside a road named Smokey Lane. Today the site consists of storage tracks, a store house, coal dock, wood water tank, ash pit, back shop and the jewel of the site, a complete, working, 18-stall, brick roundhouse surrounding a 115-foot turntable and turntable pit. Other than a few, small roundhouses recently built for railroad museums, we believe that this is the first full-sized, working roundhouse built in the U.S. since 1951.
The Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum was constructed and is maintained with private funds donated by the Jerry and Laura Jacobson Foundation, Inc., a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) entity.
ROUNDHOUSE TOURS
Visitors to the Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum experience an immersive trip back into the heyday era of steam locomotives and travel. Highlights of our guided tour are: an 18-stall, accurately reconstructed brick roundhouse surrounding a 115-foot turntable, the largest private collection of steam locomotives in the world, and a fully functioning, working back shop where skilled Roundhouse staff actively continue to restore and repair steam locomotives. Additionally, visitors will discover the tools used to keep locomotives on the rails, the bells, whistles and lights that made these engines unique, and much more.
Public tours are offered seasonally (April thru November) on Thursdays, Fridays, & Saturdays. Tickets can be purchased here.
ROUNDHOUSE REPORTS
Explore our Roundhouse Reports for the latest news on restorations, programs and happenings at the Age of Steam Roundhouse.
Roundhouse Report – Summer 2021
Roundhouse Reports Roundhouse Report – Summer 2021 Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum — Mechanical Department Restorations Work continues on former McCloud/Yreka Western #19, 2-8-2 locomotive
Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum Hires New Executive Director
Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum Hires New Executive Director June 22, 2021 “ The Board of Directors of The Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum, is
Roundhouse Report – Spring 2021
Roundhouse Reports Roundhouse Report – Spring 2021 Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum — Mechanical Department Restorations The winter of 2020-2019 has been very busy here
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