Steamtown National Historic Site - Facilities

Roundhouse

Open

Open All Year

Location

In the Museum Complex at Steamtown

Exhibits

Steam locomotives are serviced inside this restored Roundhouse (built in 1902, enlarged in 1917 and 1937).

Theater

Open

Open All Year

Location

Entrance/exit is via the mezzanine levels of either the Visitor Center or the History Museum.

Exhibits

Steamtown's 18-minute film, 'Steel and Steam,' shows here daily every half-hour, except during Special Events and the Winter Lecture Series.

Turntable Plaza

Open

Open All Year

Location

Accessible from all Museum Complex buildings.

Special Programs

Steam and diesel locomotives are turned on the turntable periodically during the train operating season.

Exhibits

You can find the following exhibits on the Turntable Plaza: DLandW Railroad coal hopper car; New Haven Trap Rock Company locomotive; Lehigh and New England Railroad caboose; Rutland Railroad flat car; 90-foot working turntable and an historic 1865 roundhouse pit.

MUSEUMS

History Museum

Open

Open All Year

Location

In the Museum Complex at Steamtown

Exhibits

Timeline of Railroading; Labor, Business and Government; the Truesdale Gallery; Life on the Railroad; Recreations of the interior of four Delaware, Lackawanna and Western passenger depots; Louisville and Nashville 1100, a Railway Post Office Car; Erie 3, a railroad business car

Available Facilities

Restrooms (closed during winter hours), elevator and stairs to the mezzanine exhibit areas.

Technology Museum

Open

Open All Year

Location

In the Museum Complex at Steamtown

Exhibits

'Sectioned' steam locomotive with a visible interior; Rutland Railroad caboose and Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad boxcar open for exploration - the boxcar features a video describing various types of freight-hauling equipment); Making and Using Steam; Engineer and Fireman; Locomotive Design; Electric and Diesel-Electric Locomotives; Building a Railroad, featuring a life-size exhibit of Maintenance-of-Way track work); Railroad Jargon; Whistle Signals; Position and Color Signals; Roundhouse Office; Railroad Architecture; Railroad Disasters; Railway Mail Service; Telegraphy; Model of the DLandW Scranton Yards, ca. 1935; Railroad Safety

Available Facilities

Restrooms (closed during winter hours), water fountain, elevator and stairs to the mezzanine exhibit areas.

VISITOR CENTERS

Open

Open All Year

Location

Starting point for all tours and special programs.

Special Programs

Temporary Exhibit, "Women of Iron, Women of Steel: Women in Railroading". Located on Mezzanine level.

Exhibits

A series of 8 panels illustrates the development of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's Scranton yard from 1851 to the opening of Steamtown National Historic Site. A 'please touch' large-scale model of a Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotive is on display, as is a 'please touch' table for all ages. There are also two display exhibits - one to orient visitors at Steamtown, and the other to highlight Steamtown's connection with attractions in the Lackawanna Heritage Valley.

Available Facilities

Restrooms with changing stations, public (pay) telephones, water fountains, stairs and elevator access (located behind the Info Desk) to the mezzanine entrances for the Theater or the Technology Museum.