Somewhere between Tampa and Sarasota, in a town called Parrish that you’ve probably never heard of, sits a time machine disguised as a railroad museum.
The Florida Railroad Museum doesn’t advertise itself as a portal to the past, but that’s exactly what it is.
One minute you’re in modern Florida with its strip malls and traffic, and the next you’re stepping onto vintage train cars that remember when Eisenhower was president and Florida was still figuring out what it wanted to be when it grew up.
This 60-acre facility houses a collection of historic locomotives and railcars that aren’t just for show…