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Preserving the railroading history and heritage of the Mahoning Valley in Ohio

10/10/2026

See, we do know how to do something besides trackwork. The Davenport belt for the air compressor came off early this week & here we are putting it back on.

09/20/2026

Just a quick note - If you pass by our museum on Poland Ave. & see the gate open come on in. We don't have an open door policy, we have an open gate policy. Even if we're a bit busy doing something, we always let people come in to have a look around.

09/10/2026

08/29/2026

The 301 is cleaned up & almost ready for the Canfield Fair. Come Wednesday morning, we'll have everything ready so stop by for a visit.

08/28/2026

We spent several hours earlier today re-installing the Erie RR signal that blew over three years ago in a windstorm. Special thanks to the Canfield Fair maintenance dept. & Youngstown Steel Heritage for their help today along with the YSH for doing most of the work on the rebuild. A special mention to our ace rigging crew "hard at work".

08/16/2026

We rearranged the cars last week & here are the results. One picture is a view between tracks 1 & 2 while the other shows our ingot mould car with the side dump car in the background. The ingot mould car was used to carry the moulds just after they were filled with molten metal at the open hearth furnaces. After the moulds were stripped off, the ingots were then headed to the rolling mills where the metal was then formed into different shapes. The side dump car was filled with ballast & used for track maintenance.

07/14/2026

On Sunday, July 12th, we opened our museum at 1340 Poland Avenue in Youngstown, Ohio to welcome the Big Boy Visitors to come see our collection of rolling stock. The Big Boy stop in Struthers, Ohio was 3 miles away, literally on the same road that we are on. However, with a number of remote parking areas around Struthers, and heavy traffic, we wanted to make it as easy as possible to find us at the museum.

Antonio J. and his girlfriend Emily made us a total of 10 signs to guide people to the museum. We had a steady stream of visitors all day, starting at 9 AM, some of the visitors mentioned that the signs helped guide them to us! Thank you again Antonio and Emily!!!

07/07/2026

Please note that our museum hours for this Sunday, July 12, will be from 11:30 am until 2:00pm. The full address is 1340 Poland Avenue, Youngstown, OH, 44502. Heading towards downtown Youngstown from the Center St. bridge - and Struthers - turn right as you go over the Y&SE RR tracks.

07/04/2026

Because of the Union Pacific 4014 - Big Boy - visiting Struthers this coming Sunday, July 12, we will be open. Hours are to be determined but put us on your agenda for that day. We also will have a display in Struthers so you can visit us there as well.

Address

1340 Poland Avenue
Youngstown, OH
44502

Opening Hours

10am - 2pm

Website

http://www.mvrha.org/

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