Kansas City Railroad Museum

The Kansas City Railroad Museum was a museum located in Kansas City, Missouri. It was operated by the Smoky Hill Railway and Historical Society. Founded in 1964, the museum was initially located at Troug-Nichols siding in Lenexa, Kansas followed by the "house track" in downtown Lenexa, Kansas until 1973. Expansion forced them to move north of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, at 226 West 3rd Street to the Kansas City Southern "old team track" in the River Quay area. They were forced to move to Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base and five other locations in October 1980. They moved again to Belton, Missouri, about 1995 where they started operations with reporting marks SHRX. Later, they changed the name to Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad.

As of February 1987, the museum roster included 3 steam locomotives, 8 diesel locomotives, 1 gas-turbine-electric locomotive, 1 trolley car, 9 freight cars, 4 cabooses, 1 rotary snowplow, 6 special service (maintenance of way) cars, and 21 passenger cars. Eleven were privately owned. Among the more notable acquisitions included:
* Frisco Railroad 2-10-0 steam locomotive #1632
* Union Pacific gas turbine-electric locomotive #18/18B - now at Illinois Railway Museum
* Union Pacific EMD DDA40X diesel #6930 - now at Illinois Railway Museum
* Rock Island Railroad EMD E6 diesel #630 - now at Midland Railway (Kansas) but going to Iowa.
* Union Pacific rotary snowplow #900035
* Wabash Railroad heavyweight passenger car "City of Peru" - now PPCX 100 still in Kansas City
* Frisco Railroad heavyweight business car #3
* Burlington Railroad heavyweight baggage-coach #7301 - now at Illinois Railway Museum
* Kansas City Southern lightweight observation car "Hospitality".

References

External links

* [http://www.beltonrailroad.org/ Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad]