Railroad Museum of Oklahoma

The Railroad Museum of Oklahoma is a railroad museum located in the former Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe 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.

Railroad Museum of Oklahoma
EstablishedApril 27, 1989
Location702 N Washington St, Enid, Oklahoma
DirectorFrank W. Campbell
Websitewww.railroadmuseumofoklahoma.org

It features two rooms of operating HO and N-gauge model railroads, a reference library, dining car china, and other railroad artifacts. Engines and rolling stock includes 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)

See also

References
  1. http://www.nrhs.com/chapters/enid.htm
  2. "Railroad Museum of Oklahoma". TravelOK.com. Retrieved May 24, 2020.


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