Guided Tour

Tour Beginning

Outside of Museum

• Sites of Helper
• Mine Equipment
• Museum Court Yard

Basement:

• Simulated Coal Mine
• Blacksmith & Machine Shops
• Early Police History

Main Floor:

• Lobby
• Model Train Display
• Lifestyles

Second Floor:

• Community
• Medical Life
• WPA paintings
• Winter Quarters Room

Third Floor:

• Railroad Rooms
• UMWA Room
• Disaster Room

Railroad Rooms

Centralized Traffic Control Board - Used in the Helper Railroad yard office. A switch and signal control system for Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Circa 1941

The Teletype Machine replaced the telegraph as a way of relaying information to the different railroad stations.

Tools used to repair and lay the railroad tracks.

Rail Drill - Used to drill holes in rail where rails are hooked together.

More Tools.