Wichita Falls Railroad Museum
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The Wichita Falls Railroad Museum is a railroad museum
in Wichita Falls, Texas
.
The museum is located in the Historic Depot Square in downtown Wichita Falls beside the railroad tracks. The museum is home to one of the largest collections of rolling stock in the area that pertain to the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
(the "Katy").
The museum has one steam locomotive
and one diesel locomotive
, along with 12 other associated railway cars. There are also 8 small rail vehicles such as motor cars or speeders and a hand car.
The Wichita Falls Railroad Museum also sports 2 rubber wheeled "Kiddie Trains" for use at the museum and at civic functions around town representing the museum and its supporters.
Railway museum
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives , railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment.See List of railway museums...
in Wichita Falls, Texas
Wichita Falls, Texas
Wichita Falls is a city in and the county seat of Wichita County, Texas, United States, United States. Wichita Falls is the principal city of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Archer, Clay and Wichita counties. According to the U.S. Census estimate of 2010,...
.
The museum is located in the Historic Depot Square in downtown Wichita Falls beside the railroad tracks. The museum is home to one of the largest collections of rolling stock in the area that pertain to the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad was incorporated May 23, 1870. In its earliest days the MKT was commonly referred to as "the K-T", which was its stock exchange symbol; this common designation soon evolved into "the Katy"....
(the "Katy").
The museum has one steam locomotive
Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...
and one diesel locomotive
Diesel locomotive
A diesel locomotive is a type of railroad locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine, a reciprocating engine operating on the Diesel cycle as invented by Dr. Rudolf Diesel...
, along with 12 other associated railway cars. There are also 8 small rail vehicles such as motor cars or speeders and a hand car.
The Wichita Falls Railroad Museum also sports 2 rubber wheeled "Kiddie Trains" for use at the museum and at civic functions around town representing the museum and its supporters.