Английская Википедия:Boca Express Train Museum
The Boca Express Train Museum, operated by the Boca Raton Historical Society, is housed in a restored 1930 Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) train station in Boca Raton, Florida. designed by Chester G. Henninger, built for Clarence H. Geist. It is located at 747 South Dixie Highway, off U.S. 1 (Federal Highway). On October 24, 1980, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
That the building was restored and turned into a museum must be credited to the philanthropist Countess de Hoernle, who bought the abandoned building as a present for her husband.
Use as a passenger train station
Historically, the station served several long-distance trains and one or two local trains. Into the early 1960s, passengers could take one of two Chicago-bound trains (on alternating days), the City of Miami or the South Wind (both via Birmingham) and the New York City-bound East Coast Champion, Havana Special, and Miamian from the FEC's station.[1] Into the latter 1950s, passengers could take the Dixie Flagler to Chicago via Atlanta from the station.[2] The FEC operated local passenger service between Jacksonville and the Miami area until July 31, 1968.[3]
Service on the line is planned to be restored by Brightline, with a station Шаблон:Convert north of the museum, scheduled to open in 2021.[4] However, Brightline shut down operations during the 2020–2021 Covid pandemic.
Exhibits
The museum contains two restored and unique 1947 Seaboard Air Line streamlined rail cars, a dining and a lounge car, built by the Budd Company and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Boca Express Train Museum also includes a 1946 Atlantic Coast Line caboose and a 1930 Baldwin steam switch engine.[5]
For sale
The Boca Raton Historical Society put the Train Museum up for sale in 2017, saying that maintaining two historic buildings (the other is the Society's home, Boca Raton's first city hall) is draining the nonprofit's resources.[6]
See also
References
External links
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- Boca Express Train Museum - Boca Raton Historical Society
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- ↑ Herr, Kincaid A. University Press of Kentucky, 1964, p. 273.
- ↑ Bramson, Seth H. Speedway to Sunshine: the story of the Florida East Coast Railway, Boston Mills Press, 2010, p. 153. Шаблон:ISBN.
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