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Enjoy a morning of story time with Engineer Warren at the Jackson Street Roundhouse! Book Now» MUSEUM AT JACKSON STREET ROUNDHOUSE WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS. Tour through history with exhibits in a real railroad roundhouse. Explore 50 historic train cars on-site. Explore »
The Jackson Street Roundhouse is MTM headquarters in St. Paul, as well as a fully functional railroad roundhouse, one of the last of its kind in the country. During winter months, the Roundhouse is a functioning work area for Museum rolling stock, often with the volunteer workforce welding, grinding and sending sparks flying.
The Jackson Street Roundhouse is recognized on the National Register of Historic Places and is home to a rich array of historical collections from active railcar restorations to railway memorabilia. The museum also operates seasonal passenger train rides through the St. Croix River Valley on Osceola & St. Croix Valley Railway.
The Jackson Street Shops roundhouse was designed to hold up to 25 locomotives. Each locomotive had an assigned space. The roundhouse turntable is 70 feet in diameter. The roundhouse was used by the Great Northern Railway until 1959 when repair and maintenance of locomotives was moved elsewhere.
The Jackson Street Roundhouse was built in 1907 as a steam engine maintenance facility for The Great Northern Railroad. It was one of the last roundhouses built by James J. Hill and was part of a large shop complex built in the 1880's.
Experience history in motion at the Minnesota Transportation Museum! Visit the Jackson Street Roundhouse, Osceola & St. Croix Valley Railway, and Minnehaha Depot for an experience the whole family and kids of all ages will enjoy.
Museum at Jackson Street Roundhouse. Spend the day traveling through history! Travel through history with exhibits featuring local and regional railway. Explore 50 historic train cars on site and housed in a building that represents a significant part of Twin Cities history.
Train rides and fun for the whole family! The Minnesota Transportation Museum's (MTM) Jackson Street Roundhouse is open year-round. Housing the museum's classic collection of railroad rolling stock, memorabilia, and exhibits, the roundhouse is also the base of the museum's railroad restorations.
Jackson Street Roundhouse. 47 reviews. #42 of 233 things to do in Saint Paul. Speciality Museums. Closed now. 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Write a review. About. The state's first maintenance location for the railroad now houses quite a museum.
One of Saint Paul’s hidden gems, the Minnesota Transportation Museum, Historic Jackson Street Roundhouse, is a train-lovers dream come true and an entertaining place for whole family. Full of old train cars, the kids can explore from one car to the next, pretending to be passengers, engineers and conductors and maybe take their first train ride.
