Great Plains Transportation Museum
- Great Plains Transportation Museum
Infobox Museum
name =Great Plains Transportation Museum
established =
location =700 E. Douglas Wichita KS 67202
type =railroad museum
visitors =
director =
curator =
website =http://www.gptm.us
The Great Plains Transportation Museum is a railroad museum in Wichita, Kansas.
Collection
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.
*Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway EMD FP45 diesel locomotive #93.
*Burlington Northern Railroad EMD NW2 diesel locomotive #421 (Ex-St. Louis - San Francisco Railway #261)
*Various other diesel locomotives
*An electric locomotive
*A drover's car
*A tank car
* Maintenance of way equipment
* A Postal storage car
* A heavyweight baggage car
* Various types of cabooses
External links
* [http://atsf.railfan.net/atsfpres/atsf3768.html ATSF 4-8-4 3768 info at the Santa Fe Subjects site] -By Evan Werkema
* [http://members.aol.com/JFuhrtrain/SF93.htm Photos and history on FP45 #93] -By Jim Fuhrman
References
* [http://www.gptm.us Great Plains Transportation Museum Website]
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