Gold Coast Railroad Museum

Experience the E-Unit On May 11th, National Train Day, experience the power and noise as we run our CB&Q 9913 E-Unit with a Chicago & Northwestern Bi-Level Car. Admission is free, rides are extra!
New Articles Special Thanks to our volunteer Robert Grant for writing expanded articles on our locomotives. Check them out in our collection section!
Crew Meeting! If you are a crew member or interested in becoming one, we will be having a social meeting on Thursday May 9th at 630 pm. Please contact Tom Flanary at tom.flanary@gcrm.org to RSVP.
The Ferdinand Magellan The Presidential US No. 1 just got a $15,000 makeover! Come see it in person! Tours are $2 on a normal day and $5 during events.

Latest News

Looking for Train Crew

We are looking for volunteers who want to run our equipment. We will train you from the ground up, and as you progress, you will learn different positions on the crew. If you're interested, please email Tom Flanary at Webmaster(at)gcrm.org or stop by the museum and tell them you want to volunteer on the train! No time committment is required, and we welcome volunteers of all ages!

The NASA Rebuild

One of our board members, Tom Flanary, has begun work with a few other volunteers on NASA No. 1, an Alco Locomotive. Our beloved locomotive is in need of your help! We need donors of money or time, to help in this effort. The entire rebuild is expected to take approximately 1 year, with the work first starting on the steel exterior. For information on how you can donate, or if you would like to assist in this project, please contact Tom Flanary at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . All emails are apprieciated! Check back here for pictures and constant updates.

How to Boot a Steam Locomotive

Editor's note: I recently dug up an article written by Phil Jern, which was posted on the San Diego Railroad Museum website. Special thanks to both Phil and SDRM. Phil was a member of the Gold Coast Railroad Museum, for quite some time, and has some excellent stories and pictures from the Steam days of GCRM. I hope you enjoy this story as much as I did. From the San Diego Museum: "It is Copyright 1990 by Phil and takes place in the "bad old days" of 1982-83 at a certain unnamed railroad museum. No, it is not the San Diego Railroad Museum, but it could have been. Phil may be reached at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ."

Pioneer Museum's Caboose: FEC 715

The MIami Herald published a great Article about us and the Florida East Coast 715 that was recently donated to GCRM. We hope to provide a safe and secure home for FEC 715 so that it can be restored to the amazing workhorse it once was. Miami Herald's Article on FEC 715

December Speaker of the Month

Our free speaker of the month program resumes on Saturday, December 22nd, at 1pm in the lounge car at the Museum. We will welcome Juan L. Riera who has extensive background on Florida history topics. His talk will be titled, “Treasures, Pirates, and Ship Wrecks of South Florida.” We are offering our Kid's Caboose Club concurrent with this event, so that you can drop your kids off and enjoy a few hours learning about Pirates.

Support the Collection!

The Gold Coast Museum is a non-profit organization. This year, we gave approximately 24,000 passengers a ride aboard our railroad. We rely on our volunteers and your donations to help keep us running, without this money, we would not be able to do the countless restoration projects that we have on the property. Please consider supporting us in our venture to keep these lovely historic pieces of equipment operational. If you would like to donate towards a specific car or project, please, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . You can give directly to us by using paypal (Just click the picture below!), or by calling us at (305) 253-0063, and telling the store staff that you'd like to make a donation. Even a dollar can help us restore this historic and impressive equipment.

We are currently collecting information on our RF&P Yard Slug #C. It was a 1948 Alco S-2 that was converted to a yard slug. If you have any pictures, history, or wish to help us refurbish this slug or any other of our lcoomotives, please email us: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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