Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum

The Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum is the official railroad museum of the state of Alabama.
In 1962 a group of railfans called the Heart of Dixie Railroad Club organized a chapter of the National Railroad Historical Society (NRHS) dedicated to the preservation, restoration, and operation of historically significant railway equipment. Today it is known as the Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum which is located in Calera, Alabama, 
The museum features 15 miles of operating standard gauge and a half mile of narrow gauge trackage, two relocated and restored railroad depots, an indoor collection of railroad artifacts and memorabilia, and an outdoor collection of locomotives, rolling stock, and cabooses with ties in the history of railroading in Alabama and the Deep South. 
The standard gauge right of way was part of the former Alabama Mineral Railroad, which by 1910 was the Alabama Mineral Division of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad system. The museum includes a maintenance shop where a collection of end-cab switchers are maintained for tourist service. Admission to the museum is free, but there is a charge for the various standard gauge train rides schedule throughout the year and the narrow gauge loop.
==Exhibits==
===Steam Locomotives===
Photograph	Locomotive 	Build date 	Wheel Arrangement	Manufacturer 	Locomotive Class 	Status
 	Alabama By-Products No. 4046	January 1944 	0-6-0 	Lima Locomotive Works 	yard switcher 	Display
 	Alabama Marble Co. No. 3 	1910 	0-4-0T 	American Locomotive Company’s Cooke Works	- 	Stored out of service and undergoing restoration
 	Alabama Power Company No. 40	1953 	0-4-0F 	Davenport Locomotive Works 	fireless locomotive	Display
 	Woodward Iron Company No. 38	November 1924	2-8-0 	Baldwin Locomotive Works 	Baldwin 10-38 E 	Display
===Diesel Locomotives===
Photograph	Locomotive 	Build date 	Wheel Arrangement	Manufacturer 	Locomotive Class 	Status
 	Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding No, 520-020	1942 	B-B 	Plymouth Locomotive Works 	50 ton centercab 	Display
 	Birmingham Slag Company No. 2430 	1953 	B 	Euclid Company 	35-ton center cab switcher	Display
 	Birmingham Southern Railroad Co. No. 82 	1937 	B-B 	American Locomotive Company (ALCO)	ALCO HH900 	Display
150x150px 	Calera & Shelby No. 2 	December 1951	B 	Whitcomb Locomotive Works 	25-ton diesel switcher 	Operational
150x150px 	Calera & Shelby No. 904 	January 1942 	B-B 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD) 	EMD SW1 	Damaged by fire, currently stored.
 	Calera & Shelby No. 1850 	January 1953 	B-B 	Fairbanks-Morse 	FM H-12-44 	Display
 	Calera & Shelby No. 2019 	May 1951 	B-B 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD) 	EMD SW8 	Operational
 	Calera & Shelby No. 2022 	May 1951 	B-B 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD) 	EMD SW8 	Operational
 	United States Pipe & Foundry No. 37 	April 1953 	B-B 	Baldwin Locomotive Works 	Baldwin S-8 	Display
=== Visting Locomotives ===
Image	Locomotive 	Build Date 	Wheel Arrangement	Manufacturer
 	Flagg Coal No. 75	December 1930	0-4-0T 	Vulcan Iron Works
==External Links==
* Official Website
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