Historic Decatur Union Depot

Great experience if you love trains and local history. Lots of different models around and many in working condition that the staff turned on for us to watch go around. Added bonus was some life size trains out back that were working moving cars around to different places.

This compact museum/railroad depot is jam-packed with rail memorabilia, photos, and set-up miniature trains. And it's free. While you are there, you may see a real train pass by since an average of 60 trains come through per month.

We drove here from Florida. Judge Breland was very kind and gave us an informative tour of the depot. The model railroad layout inside has an insane amount of detail reflecting some of the landmarks around Decatur. The platform behind the depot also offers a great view of the busy CSX/NS rail lines. Strongly recommend going here, whether you love trains or history.

The train depo is a great place to visit. When was there I learned from the staff stuff that I had never heard before. It has some great train models and had multiple trains passed by so I saw the real deal in the same visit.

This was a surprisingly delightful experience. Suzanne was informative and very knowledgeable. Knowing how the trains tied into Decatur made up for the quaint amount of space. The details into every item, even the carvings into a doorframe, or the Tiniest figurines that were inside of models were amazingly crafted.

I grew up in Decatur, but I didn't know any of this history or historical context. The trains are great for little ones but I'd like to go back to learn more.

Stopped in while antiquing downtown, David was an absolute pleasure to talk to, he had a wealth of knowledge and I learned so much even though we only had a short time to visit. He was very friendly and a joy to converse with. The inside is well built and very clean and tidy. There was a selection of very nice memorabilia and antiques. There were quite a few model trains to look at as well as a precious track with a selection of local attractions. We even got to see a train pass and it was quite a fantastic view.

Very nice rail museum had a room with an elaborate model rail that was running answered some questions i had very enjoyable

The guides are fantastic. Tons of information on the history of Decatur. The model train set is really something to see. Tour is free. Seriously go see the model train setup. The models of the local houses are incredible.

Now restored!! Drive by and check it out. The City of Decatur has bought this historic depot, and completed a $2.5 million major restoration. The south part of the depot will be a museum. It will house a theater, and there will be a large model train layout of the city of Decatur. The museum should be complete about Spring of 2017. I hope to update my review then, and add another star or two! The north part of the building will be used as office space by the Decatur civilian police department.

This is not the original site of the train depot. The original depot, during the Civil War, sat down by the river. This depot was built in 1929..