Museum of the American Railroad - Frisco, TX, US
N 33° 08.633 W 096° 50.034
14S E 702038 N 3669326
Museum of the American Railroad moving from Fair Park Dallas Texas to Frisco Texas.
Waymark Code: WMQKG9
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/27/2016
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Founded in 1963, the Museum of the American Railroad is a not-for-profit Texas corporation dedicated to celebrating the heritage and exploring the future of railroads through historic preservation, research, and educational programming. The museum collects artifacts and archival material from the railroad industry to exhibit and interpret their significance in American life and culture. Exhibits and general programs are provided year-round. Educational programs are available to local schools and universities through study trips, in-class programming & outreach, and online resources.
In its most ambitious project to date, the Museum closed its location in Dallas’ Fair Park to relocate its collections and operations 30 miles north to Frisco, Texas. The Frisco site is currently under construction and access to the locomotive and rolling stock collection is limited to scheduled tours. For more information on tours, please see the “Tour Information and Directions” page under the Visit tab above. Additionally, the Museum currently maintains interim offices, exhibits, and retail at the Frisco Heritage Museum located a few hundred yards north of the new, permanent site.
The Collection Contains:
Locomotives
Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 #4018
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway 4-8-4 #4501 Built in 1942.
Santa Fe EMD FP45 diesel #97
Santa Fe EMD F7 diesel #49 (formerly Canadian National #9167, repainted into Santa Fe Warbonnet colors in 2006)
Southern Pacific Fairbanks Morse H12-44 diesel #2379
Colorado & Wyoming Baldwin VO-1000 diesel #1107
Union Pacific EMD DDA40X Centennial diesel #6913
Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 #4903
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway 2-10-0 #1625 Eagle Pitcher
Dallas Union Terminal 0-6-0 #7
Santa Fe Doodlebug M-160
New York, Susquehanna & Western/United States Army ALCO RSD-1 #3000
Passenger equipment
Amtrak sleeper #2997
Amtrak sleeper #2090
Texas and Pacific Railway RPO #916
Texas and Pacific Railway chair car #1143
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway chair car #759
Pullman Company sleeper Glengyle
Pullman Company sleeper Goliad
Pullman Company sleeper Glen Nevis
Pullman Company sleeper McQuaig
Santa Fe parlor-club car #3231
Santa Fe chair-observation #3197
Santa Fe counter diner #1550
Santa Fe lunch counter diner #1554
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad dining car #438
Fort Worth and Denver Railway Business car- Texland
Santa Fe Lounge-dormitory-barbershop #1363 San Bartolo
Amtrak Slumbercoach Southland/Loch Tarbet
Freight equipment
Kansas City Southern single sheathed boxcar #7460
Lone Star Producing Company tank car #1817
Cabooses
Santa Fe Caboose #999311
Cotton Belt drover caboose #2332
Texas & Northern bobber caboose
Structures
Houston & Texas Central Railroad Depot, ca. 1905
Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railroad Interlocking Tower 19
The new museum will be built in phases, the first phase consisting primarily of the basic rail plant and facilities - over 1 mile of trackage to provide ingress/egress to the site and exhibition of the rolling stock collection. Phase II consists of permanent buildings that provide for the visitor center, exhibition halls, retail space, administrative offices, and special events facilities. Additionally, a massive train shed is to be constructed, providing shelter for the museum’s rolling stock collection and outdoor exhibits. The structure will be reminiscent of turn-of-the-century, open-truss train sheds found at major train stations throughout the U.S. and Europe. The museum’s preliminary site plan, approved by the City of Frisco in 2009, also includes a third phase of construction that provides for a locomotive roundhouse and turntable as part of a restoration/technology center.
Museum Website: [Web Link]
Train ride provided?: no
Actual railroad cars or locomotives on display?: yes
Admission fee?: Admission is $8 for adults and $4 for children ages 3-12, and includes the Railroad Museum's 2nd floor exhibits at the Frisco Heritage Museum.
Street Address: 6465 Page St, Frisco, TX 75035
Other features?:
N/A
Gift shop?: Not Listed
Café/restaurant?: Not Listed
Theater?: Not Listed
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