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Location 3400 NE Grand Blvd. Oklahoma City, OK 73111 (405) 424-8222 Conveniently located just a half mile west of Interstate 35 off Exit 131 (NE 36th Street), on historic Grand Boulevard. - Half-mile east of Martin Luther King Boulevard - Just south of Lincoln Park Golf Course - 1 mile south of the Oklahoma City Zoo Oklahoma Railway Museum 3400 NE Grand Blvd. Oklahoma City, OK 73111 (405) 424-8222 www.oklahomarailwaymuseum.org EQUIPMENT ROSTER 40 1 Oklahoma Railway Museum The Oklahoma Railway Museum, Ltd. Bridge Logos (ORM) offers 35-minute excursion trains on the first and third Saturdays of each month for the public from 10 am until 4 pm starting the first Saturday in April. The trains leave the historic Oakwood Depot at 9:15, 11:15, 1:15 and 3:15 The Museum itself is open Thursday - Saturday from 9 am to 4 pm and there is no admission charge to tour the grounds. Train rides are free for children under the age of 3, $5 for children 3 years to 12 years, and These Frisco and Rock Island Railroad $12 for those 13 years and older. In heralds were displayed for almost 80 years addition to the train ride, railroad (1931-2010) on Oklahoma City’s South equipment, including motor cars, Robinson Street Bridge. The bridge was locomotives and passenger cars, are on located approximately a half mile east of display. A display car contains permanent Union Station and allowed both railroads to exhibits of railroad memorabilia. pass above Robinson to access to the station. The bridge was torn down to make Oakwood Station way for a new bridge with the rerouting of the I-40 crosstown expressway. Each Concrete herald measures 5 ft. 8 in. by 4 ft. 8 in. The bridge railing is two feet high and the bottom portions are 22 inches thick. Each weighs in excess of 9000 pounds. Expansion Plans Oakwood Depot The Oakwood Depot was constructed by the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient railway line in 1905 in Oakwood, Oklahoma Territory. The Santa Fe railway leased the Orient line in 1929 and operated the station until 1958. In later years, it was acquired by the Dewey County Historical Society and moved to a property just west of Watonga, Oklahoma. The Depot was purchased by the Oklahoma Railway Museum and moved to the present location in 2000 and was completely restored. 2 39 Jim Murray Maintenance Shop Yard Office The Jim Murray Maintenance Shop building This building was the only building on the is approximately 7400 sq. feet with two property when the ORM acquired the land. track bays, office, restrooms and mailroom. It had been the office for a pipe and/or oil service company previously. The most It was built in 2005 and is named for Jim recent owner of the property before the Murray one of the museums founding ORM acquired it used it for goats. This members and Director of Maintenance from building was open to the goats and 2004 to 2013. whatever else that wanted to use it. The ORM volunteers cleaned it out, restored it and added a second restroom. Adventure Station Model 2TMA2079 Adventure Station was built by the ORM with funds provided by the Oklahoma Centennial Commission in 2007. It sits on the north end of the ORM track just south of NE 50th Street and east of the Oklahoma City Zoo. Car mover Built 1978, Donated to ORM by Bob Hussey. Status: In Storage 38 3 Birthday Parties Tank cars CONX 5272 Built 1923, single dome. CONX 5259 Built 1923, single dome Continental Oil of Ponca City, OK donated these cars to the ORM. The Oklahoma Railway Museum offers you unique venues to host a birthday party. We have a 1921 wooden caboose, the depot platform or other areas of the grounds. You Tank car supply the cake, presents and the kiddos while we supply tables and chairs. Also CONX 7211 Built in 1943 by American Car included are paper engineer hats and a rail & Foundry. Type T-43 safety coloring book. Continental Oil of Ponca City, OK donated ORM offers two packages that include two theis car to the ORM. hours for the party: Package One is available only on the first Capacity 110,000. and third Saturdays of April through August of the 2015 season and includes Weight 58,700 one hour and 45 minutes for the party and tickets for a train ride for 20 guests on historic railroad passenger cars. Additional train tickets can be purchased for $5.00 each. The costs are: Birthday Caboose: $250.00 (includes $50.00 refundable security deposit) Tank car Party Coach: $300.00 (includes $50.00 refundable security deposit) CONX 8903 Built in 1965 Package Two is available throughout the Capacity 140,000 year on most non-operating Saturdays and includes one Hour and 45 minutes for a Weight 80,000 party without a train ride. The costs are: Birthday Caboose: $150.00 (includes $50.00 refundable security deposit) Party Coach: $200.00 (includes $50.00 refundable security deposit) All bookings and date/time availability must be made with our party coordinator Chuck Shinn. at 405/850-0597 or by e-mail [email protected] 4 37 CONX 5272 & 5259 Day Out With Thomas™ Day Out With Thomas™, chugs into ORM Status: In Storage the last weekend in September and the first weekend in October from 8 am until 6 pm. CONX 7211 Tickets to ride behind the classic storybook engine go on sale on in April and can be purchased online by going to the ORM website www.oklahomarailwaymuseum.org . Tickets required for ages 2 and up. Tickets are available online or at the door. Prices may vary determined by when they are purchased. Ticket sales are final. Events are held rain or shine. "Day Out With Thomas" is presented by HIT Entertainment, a worldwide leader in children’s entertainment, and sponsored by MEGA Brands, a leading toy company. a Status: In Storage family fun event with a variety of activities and entertainment! This fun-filled event CONX 8903 offers little engineers and their families the opportunity to take a ride with a 15-ton replica of Thomas the Tank Engine, star of the popular Thomas & Friends™ series. ORM is located in Oklahoma City at 3400 NE Grand Boulevard, just west of I-35, Exit 131 and south of 36th Street. The phone number is 405/424-8222 or visit the Museum website: www.oklahomarailwaymuseum.org. Status: In Storage 36 5 OKRX 48 CONX 50001/Santa Fe 7176 CONX 50014/Santa Fe 7020 These two cars are former Santa Fe class Fe-22's. They were rebuilt at Topeka, Kansas in 1940 from class Fe-S cars (General American Transportation Corp. 1928 built, wood body, steel under frame and end cars). CONX 50020 /Santa Fe 6919 Status: Active Santa Fe class Fe-23. Rebuilt Topeka, Kansas in 1941 from class Fe-S cars (General American Transportation Corp. 1928 built, wood body, steel under frame OKRX 814 and end cars). ORM has 3 of these “Auto box cars”. Cars was used to transport autos, trucks, farm equipment and heavy machinery. Santa Fe RR used them to transport Crossly automobiles. Continental Oil Company used end loading capabilities for grease drums. Continental Oil donated these cars to the ORM. Two of them have the end doors welded shut but one still appears to be serviceable. Boxcar Status: Active Build Date: Unknown OKRX 301 Donated to ORM in 2014 by HIS Paint Manufacturing Company of Oklahoma City Status: Active 6 35 CONX 50001 & CONX 50014 EMD SW8 Built in 1952 by General Motors, Electro- Motive Division for the US Army. Was used in Korea during the war. Re-manufactured at Hill Air Force base in September 1987, and then locomotive was delivered to Army Ammunition plant in McAlister OK., Nov. 18, 1987. From there it was transferred to Fort Sill OK August 17 1992. While at Fort Sill the engine was sent to Tulsa for painting and when returned there were flat spots on wheels on axles 1, 2, &4. ORM had the wheels turned before locomotive could be shipped to OKC. Purchased from the Army Status: In Storage Weight: 229,000 pounds CONX 50020 Fuel: 600 gallons EMD F9A Built in September 1954 by EMD. Builders no. 19741. Northern Pacific Railway Company was the original owner and the unit had road number 7003-D. When the NP merged into the Burlington Northern Railroad the number changed to 814. Locomotive retired and donated by Status: In Storage Burlington Northern to ORM in 1982. The original prime mover was a model 567C Rock Island 506000 converted to a model 645. Weight: 247,400 pounds Fuel: 1000 gallons GE 45 TON Built in 1941 by General Electric for the US Army, Road # 1202 Builders No. - 13059 Rebuilt 9/82. Date acquired - 2000 by donation of ORM member Dan Rohrback & Vulcan Chemical Co. Previous owners Dodge City Ford & Bucklin, Vulcan Chemicals - Wichita, Kansas, US Army at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. Weight: 90,000 pounds Fuel: 75 + 75 gallons 34 7 Santa Fe 2571 Reefer car This 40-foot ice bunker, refrigerator car is believed to have been used on the Wisconsin Central Car Lines. It houses ORM’s Wood Shop. Status: Active Wooden Boxcar Built: after 1917 Missing trucks Santa Fe 90 Wooden Boxcar Built: After 1917 Status: On Display Missing trucks 8 33 WCLX 2077 EMD/ATSF CF7 Built in 1949 as an F7A, # 202L, a covered wagon similar to the museums F9A, OKRX 814. It was converted to CF7 road switcher configuration in 1972 by AT&SF at their Cleburne TX shops.