Georgia State Railroad Museum
The Georgia State Railroad Museum is located just outside of the historic downtown area in Savannah. It is one of 5 sites that are run by the Coastal Heritage Society, with the focus on preserving the heritage of coastal Georgia.
It provides plenty of parking (more on that later) and is part of the discounted ticket package that you can get when you go to 3 sites (you pay for 2 and get the third for free). Very reasonable ticket prices as well.
The staff at the museum were fabulous, even with the frigid weather (note the outfits that we are wearing…). There is a series of tours that go throughout the day and they are very informative. You learn all about the executive cars, the locomotives and the various parts and history of the railyard itself.
** Note – their parking lot is gated and open between 9-5. They close the gates at 5pm and if your vehicle is still there, you are locked in. We happened to get delayed on our historic Savannah wanderings and learned all of this first hand when we arrived back past 5pm to find the truck and camper on the wrong side of a large locked gate. With this forecast to be Savannah’s coldest night in 30 years, we weren’t excited about the idea of spending the night in the camper in the parking lot. Thanks to the above and beyond assistance from Officer Santoro of the Savannah-Chatham Police Department and Nora Jones from the Coastal Heritage Society, we were rescued after 2 hours and able to head back to our campsite at Tybee Island. **