Great Plains Transportation Museum
  Location within Kansas | |
| Location | 700 East Douglas Ave Wichita, KS 67202 USA |
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| Coordinates | 37°41′11″N 97°19′47″W / 37.68639°N 97.32972°W |
| Type | Railroad Museum |
| Website | gptm.us |
The Great Plains Transportation Museum is a railroad museum in Wichita, Kansas, United States.[1]
Collection
[edit]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)
- Cargill Incorporated Whitcomb 50-DE-58a-1 #316
- Various other diesel locomotives
- An electric locomotive
- A drover's car
- A tank car
- A box car
- Maintenance of way equipment
- A Postal storage car
- A heavyweight baggage car
- Various types of cabooses
External links
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "Great Plains Transportation Museum". www.gptm.us. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ Werkema, Evan. "ATSF 4-8-4 3768". atsf.railfan.net. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, Co. Locomotive # 93". Great Plains Transportation Museum. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
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