The Railroad Museum of Oklahoma is a railroad museum located in the former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway freight depot in Enid, Oklahoma. The museum began in 1977 and is a non-profit operated by the Enid chapter of the National Railway Historical Society.[1] The freight depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
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| Established | April 27, 1989 |
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| Location | 702 N Washington St, Enid, Oklahoma |
| Director | Frank W. Campbell |
The museum's collection includes two rooms of operating HO and N-gauge model railroads, a reference library, dining car china, and other railroad artifacts. Engines and rolling stock in its collection include the Frisco 1519 steam locomotive, an operational 50-ton G.E. switcher locomotive, nine authentic cabooses, five different kinds of boxcars, twelve different types of freight cars, two types of flatcars, a three-dome tank car, a railway post office car, and a former Amtrak lounge car that is now used as a dining car.[2] The museum also leads bi-annual trips utilizing its cabooses from historical Enid area rail service.
The museum is built next to a freight yard.
Rolling stock (partial)
edit- Frisco 1519
- ATSF 999567
- Union Pacific 25323
- M-K-T (Katy) 132
- Burlington Northern 12433 and 12181
- Army medical service car 89526
- Missouri Pacific caboose 13724
See also
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edit- ^ "Enid National Railway Historical Society". www.nrhs.com. Archived from the original on 2000-08-31.
- ^ "Railroad Museum of Oklahoma". TravelOK.com. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
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