Tucked into the piney countryside just north of Columbia, the South Carolina Railroad Museum is where the state’s railroading past comes alive on steel rails.
Part museum, part operating railroad, it’s a place where families, history buffs, and adventure-seekers can climb aboard vintage equipment, hear the rumble of classic diesels, and experience railroading as it once was.
Among its seasonal highlights, nothing draws smiles quite like Santa’s North Pole Express—an immersive holiday train ride that has become a beloved tradition for thousands across the Midlands and beyond.
About the SCRM
The museum preserves and interprets South Carolina’s rail heritage through a collection of locomotives, cabooses, passenger cars, freight equipment, and railroad artifacts…