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Built
  
1930

Opened
  
1930

Added to NRHP
  
24 October 1980

NRHP Reference #
  
80000959

Phone
  
+1 561-395-6766

Boca Express Train Museum

Location
  
747 South Dixie Highway Boca Raton, Florida  United States

Address
  
747 S Dixie Hwy, Boca Raton, FL 33432, USA

Architectural style
  
Mediterranean Revival architecture

Similar
  
Seaboard Air Line 6603, Fred C Aiken House, Old Lake Worth City Hall, Boca Raton Children, Old Lucerne Historic R

Boca raton fec rr restoration 1987


The Boca Express Train Museum, operated by the Boca Raton Historical Society, is housed in a restored 1930 Florida East Coast Railway train station in Boca Raton, Florida. 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.

The Museum contains two restored and unique 1947 Seaboard Air Line streamlined rail cars, a dining and a lounge car, built by 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.

References

Boca Express Train Museum Wikipedia