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GPTM Final Friday Event at the museum!

July 28th, 2017 6:30-9:00 P.M.

Photography contest exhibit, awards, and 30 Year Celebration.

On this evening the train museum will be displaying the photographs

 entered in a contest recently held on the museum's grounds. 

The three categories of photographs will be Railscapes, Details & Macros, and Black & White.

KANSAS RAILFEST

September 16, 2017
 

Featuring music, art, shopping, vintage vehicles, prizes, activities for young and old, and of course - TRAINS!

Photo Courtesy - Gramling Locomotive Works Facebook Page

An authentic, 1930s coal fired steam locomotive will be under steam - Lehigh Valley Coal Company #126

Photo Courtesy - Union Pacific Railroad

Union Pacific locomotive #1982 - the Missouri Pacific heritage unit will be on display

AND MORE!

SEE http://www.ksrailfest.org/ FOR DETAILS

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Hours of Operation

	Saturday	Sunday
April - October	9 AM to 4 PM	1 PM to 4 PM
November - March	9 AM to 4 PM	Closed

Admission Prices

Ages 3 & Under		FREE
Ages 4 to 12		$4.00 plus tax
Ages 13 & Over		$7.00 plus tax

Group tours can be arranged during normal hours or by appointment. Please call to schedule. 

No charge to browse the Gift Shop.

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MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT 360WICHITA.COM

DISPLAYS
EXPLORE LOCOMOTIVES, ROLLING STOCK AND MORE:

SEE WHAT'S HERE

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS - ONLINE
EXPLORE SAMPLES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF RAILROAD DOCUMENTS.
ONLINE EXHIBITS ARE PERIODICALLY UPDATED (PDF FORMAT).

RAILROAD DOCUMENT - 1896 Santa Fe Railroad correspondance

RAILROAD PASSES - Various examples and information on these collectable items

TIMETABLES   Rock Island: - the Rock Island's "Mid-Continent Route" through Wichita, 1936    Santa Fe This is a follow-up to the "Semaphores at Earlton" photo and caption which appeared in the June 2013 issue of the Great Plains Dispatcher.  Here is a pdf file of the front cover, the Third District page, and rear cover of Santa Fe Time Table No. 16 for the Eastern Division, issued Monday, August 16, 1965. - Santa Fe ETT no. 16       One can see the Earlton station listed, the length of the siding for Earlton, the scheduled passenger trains which ran on this line, and other miscellaneous pieces of information essential for engineers and conductors to know for both freight and passenger trains.   Union Pacific: - Union Pacific Passenger Timetable - June 1, 1965  from the J.H. Koehn Collection   Misc. from the Wichita Street Guide & Handy Book (1913): - Excerpt includes Orient railway passenger schedules and street name changes  - Plus additional schedules from the Santa Fe  - and the Arkansas Valley Interurban

TRAIN ORDERS   - From the Wichita Subdivision of the Missouri Pacific Railroad

WAYBILLS - Circa 1927 from the Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway

FREDONIA, KS. - Stories of the old Frisco Depot in Fredonia

GIFT SHOP

	There is no charge to browse the gift shop. Merchandise includes: clothes, books, artifacts, videos, toys, and other railroad paraphernalia.

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