Great Plains Transportation Museum

Railroad Museum in Wichita, KS USA
37°41′11″N 97°19′47″W / 37.68639°N 97.32972°W / 37.68639; -97.32972TypeRailroad MuseumWebsitegptm.us
Santa Fe steam and diesel locomotives on display at the grounds of the Great Plains Transportation Museum.

The Great Plains Transportation Museum is a railroad museum in Wichita, Kansas, United States.[1]

Collection

The museum's collection includes 6 locomotives and several pieces of rolling stock used on freight and passenger trains.

  • Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 4-8-4 steam locomotive #3768.[2]
  • Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway EMD SDFP45 diesel locomotive.[3]
  • Burlington Northern Railroad EMD NW2 diesel locomotive #421 (Ex-St. Louis - San Francisco Railway #261)
  • Various other diesel locomotives
  • An electric locomotive
  • A drover's car
  • A tank car
  • Maintenance of way equipment
  • A Postal storage car
  • A heavyweight baggage car
  • Various types of cabooses

External links

  • Great Plains Transportation Museum Website
  • ATSF 4-8-4 3768 info at the Santa Fe Subjects site-By Evan Werkema
  • Photos and history on FP45 #93-By Jim Fuhrman
  • Preservation project for Santa Fe FP-45 #93

References

  1. ^ "Great Plains Transportation Museum". www.gptm.us. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ Werkema, Evan. "ATSF 4-8-4 3768". atsf.railfan.net. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, Co. Locomotive # 93". Great Plains Transportation Museum. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
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