The John Bell Railroad Museum is located at the depot in Clarkdale. The museum, dedicated to John Bell, a long-time Clarkdale resident and amateur historian, displays rail artifacts and photographs relating to the line and the excursion equipment, and is located in a 1940s boxcar.
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