Great Plains Transportation Museum Explained

The Great Plains Transportation Museum is a railroad museum in Wichita, Kansas, United States.^[1]

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.^[2]
• Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway EMD SDFP45 diesel locomotive.^[3]
• Burlington Northern Railroad EMD NW2 diesel locomotive #421 (Ex-St. Louis - San Francisco Railway #261)
• Cargill Incorporated Whitcomb 50-DE-58a-1 #316
• Various other diesel locomotives
• An electric locomotive
• A drover's car
• A tank car
• A box car
• Maintenance of way equipment
• A Postal storage car
• A heavyweight baggage car
• Various types of cabooses

External links

• Great Plains Transportation Museum Website
• ATSF 4-8-4 3768 info at the Santa Fe Subjects site-By Evan Werkema
• Photos and history on FP45 #93-By Jim Fuhrman
• Preservation project for Santa Fe FP-45 #93

Notes and References

1. Web site: Great Plains Transportation Museum . www.gptm.us . 10 August 2021 . en.
2. Web site: ATSF 4-8-4 3768 . atsf.railfan.net . Evan . Werkema . 10 August 2021.
3. Web site: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, Co. Locomotive # 93 . Great Plains Transportation Museum . 10 August 2021 . en.