Museum of the American Railroad - Collections

Museum of the American Railroad possesses one of the most comprehensive heavyweight passenger car collections in the United States, with a complete pre World War II passenger train including a Railway Post Office and baggage car, coaches, lounge cars, Pullman sleeping cars and a dining car. The museum has recently added a collection of postwar lightweight passenger equipment to complement its prewar passenger train. Over thirty pieces of historic railroad equipment including steam, diesel and electric locomotives, cabooses , historic structures, signals and assortment of small artifacts make it one of the finest railroad museums in the southwest United States. The museum also features a steam calliope and whistle display. To view our current online collections please click on one of the links below.

The Passenger Train
St. Louis - San Francisco Ry. "Frisco" 4501, steam locomotive
Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 4903, electric locomotive
Santa Fe Railway FP45 107, diesel electric locomotive
Santa Fe Railway F7A 49 (Canadian National 9167), diesel electric locomotive
Dallas Union Terminal Company 7, steam locomotive

Heavyweight Train

Texas & Pacific Railway Post Office/Railway Express Agency 916
Texas & Pacific Railway Divided Chair Car 1143
St. Louis - San Francisco Railway "Frisco" Divided Chair Car 759
Missouri - Kansas -Texas "Katy" Dining Car 438
Pullman Sleeping Car "McQuaig"
Pullman Sleeping Car "Glengyle"
Pullman Sleeping Car "Glen Nevis"
Pullman Sleeping Car "Goliad"
Santa Fe Railway Parlor Club - Dormitory 3231
Santa Fe Railway Lounge Dormitory Barbershop 1363 "San Bartolo"
Ft. Worth & Denver Railway Business Car "Texland"

Lightweight Train

Missouri Pacific/Northern Pacific/Amtrak "Southland/Loch Tarbet" Slumbercoach 
Baltimore & Ohio/Seaboard Coast Line/Amtrak "Gull" 6 duplex roomette 4 double bedroom Sleeping Car
Santa Fe Railway/Amtrak "Pine Ring"  10 roomette 6 bedroom sleeping car
Santa Fe Railway Lunch Counter Diner 1550
Santa Fe Railway Chair Car 3197

 

The Freight Train
Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4018, steam locomotive
New York, Susquehanna & Western/United States Army ALCO RSD-1 3000, diesel electric locomotive
Colorado & Wyoming Baldwin VO-1000 1107, diesel electric locomotive
Southern Pacific Fairbanks Morse H12-44 1581/2379, diesel electric locomotive
Union Pacific DDA40X "Centennial" 6913, diesel electric locomotive
Kansas City Southern single sheathed box car 7460
Lone Star Producing Co. tank car 1817
Santa Fe Railway steel caboose 999311

 

The Branch Line Train

 St. Louis - San Francisco Ry. "Frisco"/Eagle Picher 1625, steam locomotive
Santa Fe Railway M.160, Brill diesel electric motorcar
St. Louis Southwestern "Cotton Belt" drover caboose 2332
Texas & Northern bobber caboose

 

Structures
Houston & Texas Central Eakin Street Yard Office
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Interlocking Tower 19

 

Vehicles
1941 Ford Railway Express Agency truck

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