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Oklahoma Railway Museum 3400 NE Grand Blvd. Oklahoma City, OK 73111 (405) 424-8222 oklahomarailwaymuseum.org
Location Oklahoma Railway Museum
The Oklahoma Railway Museum, Ltd. (ORM) offers 35-minute summer excursion trains as well as several Special Train Ride events. Check our website for details and ticket prices.
The Museum itself is open Thursday– Saturday from 9 am to 4 pm and there is no admission charge to tour the grounds.In addition to the train ride, railroad equipment (including motor cars, locomotives and passenger cars) are on display. A display car contains permanent exhibits of railroad memorabilia.
Conveniently located just a half mile west of Interstate 35 off Exit 131 (NE 36th Street on historic Grand Boulevard).
• Half mile east of MLK Boulevard • Just south of Lincoln Park Golf Course • 1 mile south of the Oklahoma City Zoo
Oakwood Station
The Oakwood Depot was constructed by the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway 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 Oklahoma Railway Museum moved to a property just west of Watonga, 3400 NE Grand Blvd. Oklahoma. The Depot was purchased Oklahoma City, OK 73111 by the Oklahoma Railway Museum and (405) 424-8222 moved to the present location in 2000 and was completely restored. oklahomarailwaymuseum.org 3 Track Realignment Track and Expansion be will tracks Our of in front realigned maintenance existing shop building. New be added to will track with extra the turntable the east to tracks display siding new A west. and be installed east of will the main line track.
LeFlore Depot
The Frisco Depot at LeFlore, Oklahoma was built in 1908 on the former Fort Smith and Southern Line that ran between Fort Train Shed Train be built will shed train A display existing over visitors protect to track from and the equipment the elements. Smith, Arkansas and Paris, Texas. It is possibly one of the three smallest depot buildings built by the Frisco in Oklahoma. ORM acquired the structure and moved it to the grounds in 2017. It is under restoration for use as a new entrance and office building. New Freight House Freight New be will building entry Our a railroad modeled after will house. It freight as admissions, gift serve archival shop, exhibits, administrative storage, and classrooms. offices, also be an will There deck. observation Trolley Barn Trolley Center Event serve will This pavilion will It space. as an event kitchen a catering have It can be and restrooms. events special used for and classes.
Union Station Platform Canopy
This canopy once stood behind Oklahoma City Union Station just north of I-40. Built by the Frisco and Rock Island Railroads in 1931 and served by passenger trains until
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This building was the only building on the property when the ORM acquired the land it now occupies. It had previously been the office for a pipe and/or oil service company. Prior to the ORM acquiring it, the most recent owner of the property used it for goats. This building was open to the goats and whomever else wanted to use it. The ORM volunteers cleaned it out, restored it, and added a second restroom. The Oklahoma Railway Museum is expanding and creating and creating Museum is expanding The Oklahoma Railway aspects of build many will We site. railroad a prototypical and operating including a roundhouse railroad working a house, buildings, including a freight Additional turntable. and and a restoration depot, museum building, passenger as and serve be functional all will facility, maintenance and members. visitors our for tools teaching plan features master 20-year Museum’s Oklahoma Railway Projects experience. the public to for yard rail a functional a facilities, workshop and maintenance, display, add new will and additional facilities, restroom building, new entrance new museum our create we As space. and display storage engage and that host events to continue will we complex, community. our benefit
Adventure Station
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
Expansion Plans Oklahoma City Zoo.
5 Museum Timeline
Jim Murray Maintenance Shop 1972 The Central Oklahoma Railfan Club, Central Oklahoma Chapter The Jim Murray Maintenance Shop of the National Railway Historical Building is approximately 7400 sq. feet Society, was founded by railroad enthusiasts who had interests in with two track bays, office, restrooms, and modeling, photography, historic mailroom. It was built in 2005 and is named preservation, and riding trains. for Jim Murray, one of the museums 1987 founding members and Director of The Chapter moved a portion Maintenance from 2004 to 2013. of their equipment to Watonga, Oklahoma, and began running the Watonga Chief Dinner and passenger trains on the AT&L Railroad.
1990 Members of the Chapter helped staff the Homecoming Trains that the state operated from Tulsa to Altus. Union Pacific Railroad provided their heritage passenger car fleet for the trips.
1995 The Chapter organized trips from Oklahoma City to Shawnee using Union Pacific’s heritage passenger car fleet. This trip raised the seed money needed to purchase a museum site. Frisco Turntable 1997–1999 Central Oklahoma Railfan Club This 100-foot turntable was originally began working with the Oklahoma Center for Non- Profits to develop a installed in Sapulpa, Oklahoma in 1920 by business plan for the creation of a railway museum. Land was identified, the Saint Louis-San Francisco Railway (the purchased, and the Oklahoma “Frisco”). It was moved by the Frisco Railway Museum was established in Railway to Oklahoma City in 1929 as a Oklahoma City. replacement for an 82-foot turntable. It was donated to the Oklahoma Railway 2009–Current Museum by the BNSF Railway in 1994 and The Oklahoma Railway moved to the Museum grounds in April Museum is working on our museum’s future. Additional 2017. It is stored next to the Leflore Depot. land was purchased and a The original Frisco logo and “Sapulpa long term museum expansion project has begun. Work Oklahoma” lettering are still faintly visible continues to advance on the sides. It is hoped to be restored to Oklahoma Railway Museum’s mission for future generations. operation.
6 55 Bridge Logos
Birthday Parties
The Oklahoma Railway Museum offers a unique venue to host a birthday party. We have a 1921 wooden caboose, the depot platform, or other areas of the grounds. You supply the cake, presents, and the kiddos while we supply tables and chairs. Also included are paper engineer hats These Frisco and Rock Island Railroad and a rail safety coloring book. ORM offers heralds were displayed for almost 80 two packages that include two hours for years (1931-2010) on Oklahoma City’s the party. South Robinson Street Bridge. The bridge was located approximately a half Package One is available only on the first mile east of Union Station and allowed and third Saturdays of April through both railroads to pass above Robinson August and includes 1 hour and 45 to access to the station. The bridge was minutes for the party and tickets for a torn down to make way for a new bridge train ride for 20 guests on historic railroad with the rerouting of the I-40 crosstown passenger cars. Additional train tickets can be purchased for $5.00 each. expressway. The costs are:
Each Concrete herald measures 5 ft. 8 in. Birthday Caboose - $250.00 (includes by 4 ft. 8 in. The bridge railing is 2 feet $50.00 refundable security deposit) high and the bottom portions are 22 inches thick. Each weighs in excess of Party Coach - $300.00 (includes $50.00 9000 pounds. refundable security deposit)
Package Two is available throughout the year on most non-operating Saturdays and includes 1 hour and 45 minutes for a 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 are made online at oklahomarailwaymuseum.org. For questions call 405-424-8222 or email [email protected]. 54 7 Flatcar
SP flatcar on the siding by 30th street, shown here with the boom from our American Crane on top of it. Donated to the ORM by Bob Hussey.
Built in 1964.
OKRX 48
Status: Active
Super Hopper
A GA-221 aluminum-built 5-unit articulated hopper. The only survivor of 3 prototypes built for the AT&SF in 1991 by the Thrall Car Manufacturing Company in Chicago Heights, Illinois. They were numbered 390000-390002; this is the last built.
Super Hoppers could carry 30% more than other hopper cars, but weighed less, saving on fuel and maintenance. Intended to revolutionize grain hauling, but customers disliked them as they did not fit OKRX 814 existing infrastructure. No more were built. The cars survived on the BNSF in Status: Active California hauling livestock feed. Retired in 2017, two were scrapped and one donated to ORM.
Length: 166’ 7”
OKRX 301
Status: Active
8 53 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 Southern Pacific 5053 Fort Sill the engine was sent to Tulsa for painting and when returned there were Status: In Service 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.
Weight: 229,000 pounds
Fuel: 600 gallons EMD F9A
Built in September 1954 by EMD. Builder’s no. 19741. Northern Pacific Railway Company was the original owner and the unit had road number 7003-D. When the Santa Fe 390002 NP merged into the Burlington Northern Railroad, the number changed to 814. Status: In Storage Locomotive retired and donated by Burlington Northern to ORM in 1982. The original prime mover was a model 567C 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. Acquired in 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
52 9 Tank Car
Built 1923, single dome, riveted construction. Continental Oil Company of Ponca City, OK donated this car to the ORM.
Capacity: 80,000 pounds
Santa Fe 2571 Light Weight: 58,700 pounds
Status: Under Repair
Burro Crane Car
Built in 1964 by General Steel industries, Inc., Granite City, Illinois and used by the Missouri Pacific RR. It is used as an “idler car” for a crane such as #2299 when in transit. Donated to ORM by the Union Pacific.
Length: 60”0”
Lt. Wt. 72,900 pounds
Load. Limit. 147,100 pounds
Capacity. 147,000 pounds
Santa Fe 90
Status: On Display Flatcar
SP flatcar on the siding by 30th street. Donated to the ORM by Bob Hussey.
Built in 1963.
10 51 EMD/ATSF CF7
Built in 1949 as an F7A, # 202L a “covered wagon” similar to the museum’s F9A, OKRX 814. It was converted to a CF7 road switcher in 1972 by AT&SF at their Cleburne, TX shops over 45 days. Donated to the ORM in 2012 by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad.
In the 1970’s, AT&SF needed road engines CONX 5272 that could also function as switch engines but could not afford to buy new ones. Status: In Storage They had many aging F7’s that could be used but the “covered wagon” body would have made switching work difficult. AT&SF determined that the F7 could be converted to look more like a freight engine where the engineer could see well in both directions. The program converted 233 units from 1969 to 1978. The converted F7 units were given the new designation “CF7.”
Weight: 249,000 pounds
Fuel: 1250 gallons EMD FP45 Missouri Pacific 17042 Built in December of 1967 as Santa Fe #100. It has a 20-cylinder-645E3 - 3600 Status: In Storage HP engine. Number 100, and sister 102, had the honor of leading the record- breaking inaugural run of the westbound Super C, a high-priority, 79 mph freight train from Chicago to Los Angeles in January 1968.
ATSF 100 later pulled Santa Fe’s finest passenger trains. With the coming of Amtrak in 1971, the FP45’s were reassigned to freight duties for the remainder of their careers, except for the occasional business or special train.
This FP45 was renumbered several times before ending as #90. It was the last of its kind in active service on the BNSF railroad. Donated to ORM by BNSF.
Southern Pacific 5051 Weight: 399,000 pounds
Status: In Service Fuel: 3200 gallons
50 11 Tank Car
Built in October 1965.
Continental Oil of Ponca City, OK donated this car to the ORM.
Capacity: 140,000 gallons
Rock Island 743 Weight: 80,000 pounds
Status: On Display
Tank Car
Built in 1943 by American Car & Foundry. Type T-43
Continental Oil of Ponca City, OK donated this car to the ORM.
Capacity: 110,000 gallons
OKRX 2 Weight: 58,700 pounds
Status: On Display
Tank Car
Built in May 1923, single dome, riveted construction. Continental Oil Company of Ponca City, OK donated this car to the ORM. Refurbishment completed in 2016.
Capacity: 80,000 pounds
Light Weight: 58,700 pounds US Army / OKRX 4649
Status: Active
12 49 ALCO RS1
Built in May 1943 by American Locomotive Works for the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. Builder’s No. 70817 (Phase II RS 1) Road number 743. Went through several owners before being purchased in 1986 by Eddie Birch Jr. & Jim Terrell who donated the locomotive to the Oklahoma Railway Museum in 2000. CONX 8903 Weight: 240,000 pounds. Status: In Storage Fuel: 1000 gallons
ALCO RS3 #2 Chickasaw
Built by American Locomotive Works in 1955 for Magma Copper, a subsidiary of San Manuel Copper Company. Then sold to the Backlands Railroad (until it was purchased by Jim Terrel, who donated the locomotive to ORM in 2005).
Weight: 229,000 pounds CONX 7211 Fuel: 800 gallons Status: In Storage
EMD SW1200
Built in 1954 by EMD for the Milwaukee Road, Builder’s No. 18759, Road number 1638. It was later renumbered as No. 615. It was retired and sold in 1983 to Chrome Crankshaft. It was resold to the US Navy and numbered USN 650627. It was transferred to the Army and became No. 4649. Declared surplus and was purchased by the Oklahoma Railway Museum in 2017. CONX 5259 Weight: 248,000 pounds Status: In Storage
48 13 CONX 50020/Santa Fe 6919
Originally built as a class FE-S by General American Transportation Corp. in 1928 with a wood body and steel frames. Rebuilt by the AT&SF at Topeka, KS in 1941 as an FE-23. The primary difference from the FE-22 was a 13/16” interior wood lining instead of a 1” lining. Used to transport Crossly automobiles. Donated to ORM by Santa Fe 643 Continental Oil Co. of Ponca City.
Status: On Display
Boxcar
Build Date: Unknown
Donated to ORM in 2014 by HIS Paint Manufacturing Company of Oklahoma City.
Porter 0-6-0T
Status: On Display
Reefer Car
Built in 1957 as Wilson Car Lines #2209. Designed to carry meat products at cold temperatures. Ice was added to interior bunkers through hatches in the roof. Brent Swift donated the car in 2016. Currently missing its running gear (trucks, wheels, brake gear and couplers). MKT 400
Status: On Display
14 47 Santa Fe 2-8-0
643 was originally built by Hinkley in 1879 For the Santa Fe as a 4-4-0 number 73 named “H. C. Hardon”. Santa Fe rebuilt #73 in 1897 into a 2-8-0 and renumbered it as #933. Likely, little of the 4-4-0 was left afterwards. During a general renumbering of locomotives by the Santa Fe in 1900 #933 was renumbered to #643, the CONX 50020/Santa Fe 6919 road number it kept until its retirement in March of 1953. The engine worked on the Status: In Storage Santa Fe’s Southern Division in freight service. In April 1953 the engine was donated to Oklahoma City and put on display at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds. Donated to ORM in 2015.
Weight: 125,000 pounds
Porter 0-6-0T
Built in September 1942 by H. K. Porter Company for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, road no. 5006, Builders number 7486. It is 50-ton saddle tank style steam locomotive. Sold to Oklahoma Gas Rock Island 506000 & Electric for use switching cars of coal at the Horse Shoe Power plant in Harrah, Ok. Donated by OG&E to ORM. Status: In Storage Weight: 100,000 pounds
GE 25 TON
The only GE 25-ton switcher purchased by the MKT. Built in 1950 and used at the MKT tie treatment plant in Denison, TX. Sold with the plant to WJ Smith Preserving Co. After the plant closed No. 400 was sold to Alan Ritchey, Inc. Used at the Martindale Feed Mill in Valley View, TX. It was replaced by an SW9 and stored for many years, visible from nearby I-35. Purchased and moved to ORM in 2018. WCLX 2209 Weight: 50,000 pounds Status: In Storage Fuel: 75 gallons
46 15 Wooden Boxcar
Built: After 1917
ATSF Class BXX. Missing trucks.
Santa Fe 1492
Status: Active
Auto Boxcars
ORM has 3 of these “Auto boxcars”. They were used to transport autos, trucks, farm equipment, and heavy machinery. Continental Oil Company used them for their end loading doors to transport grease drums. Continental Oil donated these cars to the ORM. Two of them have Santa Fe 113 the end doors welded shut but those on ATSF 7176 are still serviceable. Status: Active Length: 50 feet
CONX 50001/Santa Fe 7176
Originally built as a class FE-S by General American Transportation Corp. in 1928 with a wood body and steel frames. Santa Fe 115 Rebuilt by the AT&SF at Topeka, KS in 1941 as an FE-22. Sold in 1964 to Continental Oil Status: Active Co. who used the end-loading doors to transport grease drums. Donated to ORM by Continental Oil Co. of Ponca City. Is being restored to ATSF condition.
16 45 Diner
Built in 1942 by Budd. Donated by Harry Currie in 2011. This car was part of the Super Chief in 1940s, the Chief in 1950s and finally the Texas Chief in 1960s. The original owner, Santa Fe, numbered it 1492. Amtrak numbered it 8037. Howard Thornton of Midwest Travel named the car “Soonerland II” and used it for several excursions around Santa Fe Box Car Watonga, OK in the 1990s. The Oklahoma Centennial Commission funded the last refurbishment on this car in 2006. Currently Status: In Storage named “OCU Star Express.” Coach Car
Built in 1938 by Budd as Santa Fe #3105, a 52-seat chair car (coach). AT&SF #3105 was part of the first EL CAPITAN train set, which entered service in February 1938. The car was sold to the Penn Central in November of 1969 where it was converted into a 108- seat commuter coach numbered 2413. The Cedar Rapids & Iowa City RR purchased the car in the early 80s for excursion service and renumbered it 113. In 2001 the car was rebuilt by the Cuyahoga valley Scenic Railroad into a 72-seat coach. The car was purchased by ORM in 2005 and named “The CONX 50001/Santa Fe 7176 Oklahoman.” Status: In Storage Coach Car
Built in 1938 by Budd for the Santa Fe, it is believed that this car was Santa Fe #3199, a 51-seat chair/observation car. Car #3199 was used on the inaugural run of the EL CAPITAN service. In November of 1960 the Santa Fe converted the car into a standard 44-seat coach by squaring the observation end. After the conversion the car was renumbered 2947. The car was sold to Penn Central in December 1969 where it was converted into a 108-seat commuter coach numbered 2407. The Cedar Rapids & Iowa City RR purchased the car in the early 1980s for excursion service and it was renumbered 115. In 1994 the car was sold to the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad where it CONX 50014/Santa Fe 7020 was configured as a 72-seat coach. The car was purchased by the Oklahoma Centennial Status: In Storage Commission in 2005 and donated to the ORM. Named “Kerr McGee Explorer.”
44 17 Adjustable Baggage Cart
Santa Fe baggage cart circa 1920s Used to transport and load caskets into railroad cars. Restored in 2017.
C&NW 7721
Status: Under Repair
Reefer Car
This 40-foot ice bunker refrigerator car is believed to have been used on the Wisconsin Central Car Lines. It houses the ORM’s Wood Shop.
Great Northern 1304
Status: Active
Wooden Boxcar
Built: after 1917
Santa Box car 48169 ATSF Class BXX
FMRC 5478
Status: Active
18 43 Combine Car
Built in July 1929 by Standard Steel Car Company for Chicago & Northwestern Railroad suburban commuter service. This car is a combination coach and baggage or“combine”. ORM purchased it from the Adjustable Baggage Cart Guthrie Arts Council in January 2004. The arts council had purchased this car along Status: On Display with several others from the Dodge City Ford & Bucklin Railroad.
Coach Car
Built in December 1950 by Pullman Standard, Builders No. 3265, becoming Great Northern RR “Priest River” #1197 for use on the Empire Builder. 1 Drawing room, 2 bedrooms, Buffet / Observation. In 1955 it was rebuilt to 4 bedrooms, 1 Compartment, 6 roomettes & re-named “Grand Coulee”. In 1968 it was rebuilt WCLX 2077 into a 68-seat chair car and renumbered #1304. Burlington Northern sold the car Status: Used as Wood Shop to Amtrak 1972. Purchased by Howard Thornton 1988 and renamed Mistletoe II. Donated to ORM by Roy & Darlene Thornton in 2011.
Coach Car
Built circa 1950 by Canadian Car & Foundry for the Canadian National Railroad. Retired by CN and sold to YlA Rail and operated on various Canadian Routes until it was retired and sold into private ownership. The car was purchased Santa Fe 48169 by Farmrail in 2000 and run until 2019. The Oklahoma railway Museum purchased the Status: In Storage car in March of 2020.
42 19 Derrick Car
Built by the Fairmont Co. Belonged to the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, then the North Central Oklahoma Railway and finally to ORM. The winch mechanism is not a Fairmont original but is typical of CRI&P kit bashings.
FMRC 5627
Status: Active
Dental Depot Baggage Cart
Railway Express Agency baggage cart circa 1940s. Restored in 2015. Donated by Dental Depot in 2009.
Rock Island 6015
Status: Birthday Party Coach
Baggage Cart
Santa Fe Baggage cart circa 1900-1910 Little is known about this baggage cart. Unrestored.
Union Pacific 58259
Status: Active
20 41 Coach Car
Built circa 1950 by Canadian Car & Foundry for the Canadian National Railroad. Retired by CN and sold to VIA Rail and operated on various Canadian CRI&P W-64A Routes until it was retired and sold into private ownership. The car was purchased Status: On Display by Farmrail in 2000 and run until 2019. The Oklahoma railway Museum purchased the car in March of 2020.
Combine Car
Built in 1921 by American Car & Foundry as Railway Express Agency #6015 for the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. Modernized (Streamlined) in 1940 as a baggage dorm for use on the Arizona Limited and the Golden States Limited. Converted around 1960 to maintenance of Dental Depot Baggage Cart way dormitory car # 96150. Capital Steel Company donated this car to ORM in May Status: On Display 2001. It was stored on their track for several years and was going to be cut up for scrap. It has been refurbished and is used as a birthday party car.
Flat Car
Built in June 1953, Rebuilt September 1965. Builders Class F-70-12; Previous owner Union Pacific. Before donation to the museum, the car was used as piggyback unloading ramp in the old Rock Island yard in downtown Oklahoma City. It was modified into a riding car by Baggage Cart the ORM in 2003.
Status: On Display
40 21 Fairmont Motor Car
This motor car, Class ST-2H, was built by the Fairmont Railway Motors Company of Minnesota, date unknown. It was operated by the Denver & Ft. Worth RR.
MKT 1045
Status: On Display
Hand Car
This hand car was donated to the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds prior to 1970’s. It was donated to ORM in June of 2014 and restored by museum volunteers.
Builder: Sheffield Velocipede Car Company
Frisco 2568
Status: On Display
Velocipede
This Velocipede is made of white ash. The spokes in the front wheel are wood and the wheels are cast iron. The rear wheel is a replacement. Donated by Neal Baucum of Mustang, OK on behalf of former Frisco Road Master R. B. Morse in March 2011. Restoration was completed in 2017. It is now on display in the Oakwood Depot. Builder: Sheffield Velocipede Car Company
22 39 MKT Inspection Car
This unique car was built by the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad in 1973 from a 40’ steel boxcar at the MKT shops in Denison, TX. It was used by the MKT for track inspections until the MKT’s merger with Missouri Pacific and Union Pacific in 1988. The Union Pacific used it a short time before it was sold to the US Army. MKT ST2H Motor Car SP10 1045 was used at Fort Sill in Oklahoma as an office to do load plans for shipping out Status: In Storage military trains and trucks. It was donated to Oklahoma Railway Museum in 2012. It was repainted into its original MKT colors in 2016-2017.
Pullman Sleeper Car
Built as a tourist sleeper car in 1913 by Pullman Palace Car Co for use on the Saint Louis San Francisco RR. The Frisco purchased the car from Pullman in 1950 and converted it to a maintenance-of- way bunk and kitchen car. Acquired by ORM in 2001. Like the RI combine car, the ORM acquired this car from Capital Steel AT&SF Hand Car Company in May 2001. They were going to be cut up for scrap. Capital Steel was Status: On Display happy to donate them to the ORM on the condition that they be moved as soon as possible.
Converted to exhibit car in 2002. Houses railroad artifacts and displays.
Velocipede
Status: On Display
38 23 Shuttlewagon Car Mover
Used by the Oklahoma Railway Museum to shuffle cars in the yard. Currently in storage.
Rock Island 4119
Status: On Display
AT&SF Motor Car
Built by Fairmont Railway Motors Company as ATSF 171032. Class ST2.
Union Pacific 1505
Status: In Storage
Fairmont Motor Car
Built by the Fairmont Railway Motors Company in 1984, Class MT19 AA-2-9. It was sold to the Southern Pacific Transportation Company of California which operated the car in its Maintenance of Way Department.
Rock Island 720 Donated to the ORM by Bob Flaherty in 2016. Information on this motor car was Status: In Storage provided by the Martin County, MN, Historical Society.
24 37 Baggage Car
Built in 1927 by American Car & Foundry for service on the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific RR.
It was converted to a tool car, becoming #96155 in 1957. The Union Pacific donated this car to ORM. This car houses model ShuttleWagon SWX45A train exhibit.
Status: In Storage
Café Lounge Car
Built in 1915 by Pullman Car Company for the Union Pacific RR. Its original road number was 1520. Remodeled both in 1932 & 1941. Renumbered to 1505 after one of its remodelings.
Built as an open platform observation- café-lounge. Rebuilt several times until put into MOW service on the Denver wreck train. Donated to ORM in 1987 by AT&SF 171032 the Union Pacific.
Status: In Storage
Railway Post Office Car
We believe this is Rock Island car #720. The Oklahoma Railway Museum acquired this car from Union Pacific. It had been in the old Rock Island yard in El Reno, Oklahoma. Car 720 was converted to a shower car at Biddle, becoming MW 96182, and later sold for scrap at El Reno 12-1983. The roller bearing wheelsets suggest that this car was modernized in the 1950’s for Rocket Services. Car 720 was built in 1929 Motor Car SPM 5785 by Pullman (originally #3500). It was rebuilt in 1952 by the Rock Island. Status: On Display Weight 154,500 pounds
36 25 Chevy 3500 Utility Truck
Chevrolet 3500 utility truck modified with Fairmont HYRAIL equipment.
Trucks like this are used for general rail- way maintenance and inspection crews. They are made from many kinds of trucks by adding small rail wheels to allow them Rock Island 760 to be driven along railway tracks. Almost any vehicle can be modified with Hy- Status: In Storage Rail equipment; crews often use pickup trucks, SUVs, crane boom trucks, and many other vehicles. They can be seen in use on virtually every modern railroad.
Car Mover
Built 1978, Donated to ORM by Bob Hussey.
Southern Pacific 6029
Status: In Storage
Nordco Car Mover
Isco model 300-8, Donated by Gary Pistole in December 2017.
Santa Fe 999359
Status: Active
26 35 Railway Post Office/Baggage Car
Built in 1948 by the Pullman Car Company for the New York Central Railroad as “Peekskill Bay,” a 22-roomette sleeping car. Sold in 1959 to the Rock Island Railroad and converted to baggage car 867. Modified to combination baggage and RPO car in 1965 and renumbered as 760. Retired in 1968 and sold. Purchased HYRAIL Chevy Utility Truck by the Oklahoma Railway Museum and moved from a field in Texas in 2017, but Status: Active was missing both trucks and couplers. Currently rests on a set of freight trucks. The interior fittings are mostly intact.
Maintenance-of-Way Tool Car
Built in 1962 by Pacific Car & Foundry for the Southern Pacific, original number SP 6701. One of 200 ‘Economy’ baggage cars bought by Southern Pacific to replace aging cars from the 1920s and 1930s. Later converted to a tool car and put into service as a Maintenance-of-Way car by the Union Pacific. This car was donated to the Oklahoma Railway Museum by the Union Pacific in 2011. Used for storage space. Model 2TMA2079
Status: In Storage
Caboose
Built in 1929 as class Ce-2 No. 1756 and rebuilt in 1969 as No. 999359.
Donated to Museum by the grandchildren of Tom and Cherry Jerlow in 2009.
Isco 300-8
Status: In Storage
34 27 Caboose
Build Date: After 1932
Little is known about this wood-sided caboose. The fact that it has metal end beams and a steel cupola suggests it was built after 1932. It was apparently operated by the SL&SF (Frisco) RR. Oddly, it is supported on ATSF wheel sets. Donated to Union Pacific 25380 the Museum by Greg Thompson in 2006.
Status: Active
Caboose
Build Date: 1949 at Santa Fe’s West Wichita KS Shops. Modified in 1976 for local and transfer service only not mainline use.
Santa Fe sold to Ken Mitchell of Guthrie OK his son Mark Mitchell donated it to ORM in 2018. Plans are to restore the caboose to OKRX 21 original as built appearance and numbering as car 2299. This caboose is unique in that it Status: Active was built with a boxcar style roof. It still has its original sash windows. Class Ce-3, steel with end cupola. AAR Type M930 AAR Class NE
American Hoist and Derrick #2299
Built 1954. 25-Ton capacity. Previous owner was OG&E at the Mustang Power Plant. Donated to ORM by OG&E. Currently Chicago, Burlington & Q 14107 in storage.
Status: On Display
28 33 Caboose
All-metal caboose built in 1955 for the Union Pacific Railroad, Class CA-6. Sold to the former SunBelt Railroad Museum in Sand Springs, OK. Acquired by the Oklahoma Railway Museum in 2004.
Weight: 52,300 pounds Frisco 916
Status: Under Restoration
Caboose
Built in 1958 by the Great Northern Railroad at their St. Cloud, MN Shops. Numbered X-21. After 1970, GN merged into the Burlington Northern and the caboose was renumbered 10381. Retired in 1985 and donated to the ORM by Burlington Northern.
Weight: 55,400 pounds AT&SF 999624
Status: Under Restoration
Caboose
Built in 1878 by Wells and French for the Burlington & Missouri River. Original Number was 10. Chicago Burlington & Quincy number was 14107. Burlington Northern number was 11021. Retired in 1973 and sold to George Shirk, a former mayor of Oklahoma City, who donated it to the CORC, a predecessor organization to ORM, in 1981. Believed to be the oldest #2299 Crane way car in existence in Oklahoma.
Status: In Storage
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This unusual caboose was originally built as a 40-ton Class B-2 boxcar, probably by the Bettendorf Company of Iowa in 1915, for the CRI&P Railroad. The Rock Island Railroad modified it into a caboose in the 1940’s. To make the change, the center section was removed, end platforms added, and a steel cupola mounted of the Rock Island 17834 roof. The car served until cabooses were no longer used by the railroad. Oddly, Status: On Display when donated it wassupported on ATSF wheel sets. Restoration, started in about 2010and finished in 2017, was funded in part by the National Railway Historical Society with a Railway Heritage Grant.
Caboose
At this time, we know very little about this caboose other than it came from the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway. It is used as a birthday party caboose complete with heat and air conditioning.
Frisco Caboose 929
Status: On Display
Caboose
Build Date: Unknown
The Frisco donated this caboose to the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds in 1953. Donated to ORM in 2015 by the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds along with Santa Fe locomotive #643. Frisco 649
Status: On Display
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