The Augusta County Railroad Museum was formerly in the Staunton Mall (circa 2017-2020)
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The Museum featured 4092 square feet of displays and eight model layouts.
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For several years the Augusta County Railroad Museum was located in Suite 124 of
the Staunton Mall in Staunton Virginia. The Museum was open three days a week
for public viewing.
Eight layouts operated during viewing hours with trains in constant motion.
The layouts consisted of
- An O scale layout featuring analog controls for six individual trains.
- An O gauge layout featuring MTH DCS/analog controls for three trains.
- An On30 layout featuring Bachmann Spectrum narrow gauge trains.
- A large HO-Trak modular layout featuring Digitrax DCC/analog control for three trains.
- A small HO-Trak modular layout featuring Digitrax DCC/analog control for two trains.
- A medium N-Trak modular layout featuring Digitrax DCC/analog control for three trains.
- A small T-Trak modular layout featuring NCE DCC/analog control for two trains.
- A floor layout with one Standard and two G scale trains.
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HO Trak modular layouts with DCC and analog control.
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The walls featured framed artwork, railroad posters, and shelving with models railroad rolling stock.
Three displays featured shelving for model trains. These included
- A standard gauge display with 1928 8E and 300 series cars as well as a 10 and 300 series cars.
- A O gauge display with Lionel's 1938 Hiawatha, 1938 Red Comet, postwar AT&SF 2453 as well as several 6464 boxcars.
- A O scale display of National, Crown, U.S. Hobbies, and other scale items.
The glass display cases featured collections of railroad artifacts and model equipment.
These included
- A display of early 1960 OOO Trebl-electric and Rapido N scale trains.
- A display of pictures, tickets and other railroad memorabilia belonging to Ann Hundley Dovel.
- A display of local stock certificates, CB&Q telegraph key and sounder, and 1926 Ft. Defiance freight traffic ledger.
- A display of railroad tools, including lanterns, wrenches, water jugs, and communication devices.
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Displays and model layouts being dismantled for safe keeping in storage.
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On November 23, 2020; the Staunton Mall was sold and the property scheduled for
demolition. Plans to relocate were delayed by Covid and finding affordable space within Augusta County.
The Museum took immediate steps to dismantle, safeguard,
and place the display materials in public storage. This meant the leasing storage locally and
moving the disassembled layout into the leased units.
Some of the items, were too large to be placed in the storage units, and these items were placed with our
voluteers in "custodial" care. Other items were deemed too delicate for public storage, and these items
were wrapped and placed in the care of our membership. All told, we were able to save most of what we had,
excluding the O Scale layouts which weren't sectional in construction, but whose model materials could be
readily packed and stacked.
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