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Operations and excursions of the railroad are overseen by the Chehalis-Centralia Railroad Museum (CCRM). The museum lost its liability insurance coverage in 2022 to operate the "excursion stream train" due to financial losses stemming from two collision accidents. [7] The museum reopened in 2023 and made repairs to the tracks and the train engine.
Centralia Commercial Historic District: March 7, 2012 : 126 W. Broadway to 331 E. Broadway: Centralia: 5: Illinois Central Railroad Water Tower and Pump House: Illinois Central Railroad Water Tower and Pump House
The Chehalis-Centralia Railroad Museum (CCRM) is located south of the veteran's museum and hosts the Chehalis–Centralia Railroad which offers an 18.0-mile (29.0 km) passenger train ride that traverses through the Twin City corridor and the Chehalis River Valley. [164]
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Centralia is named for the Illinois Central Railroad, built in 1853. The city was founded where the two original branches of the railroad converged. Centralia was first chartered as a city in 1859. [2] Now Canadian National owns the line. The intersection of the Third Principal Meridian and its baseline is in the southern city limits.
Nov. 6—This Friday, Nov. 10, America's Team Museum will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., according to an email from museum curator Peter Lahmann. Admission is free, though donations ...
The district includes several buildings that were formerly home to fraternal organizations, such as the Masonic lodge building known as the Centralia Masonic Lodge which was constructed in 1923. [2] The Aerie, known for its 2,800-square-foot (260 m 2) ballroom, was built in 1926 by the Centralia chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. [3] [4]
Located in Centralia's Fairview Park are two memorials to the area's railroad heritage. Locomotive 2500 is an Illinois Central Railroad 4-8-2 "Mountain" locomotive, one of 76 built within the railroad's Paducah, Kentucky shops between 1937 and 1943.