Come along for a tour of the museum. This will give you an idea of some of the things that you will see upon your visit.

A photo of the museum sign.

Another photo of the front of the museum.

The museum's historical marker tells a brief history of the museum.

The "Frisco" (ex-N-H) caboose 303.

One of our recent donations was this old locomotive bell, people once heard it ring from the front of Missouri Pacific 1255. It has been recently mounted on a pole. A special thanks goes out to Joe Falvey who was greatly involved in the completion of this project.

This is Missouri Pacific (MP) caboose 13597.

This is indeed a Frisco depot. This is the only spanish mission style depot ever built by the Frisco. It was built in 1928 as a replacement of the old 2 story wood frame depot that was destroyed in the 1927 tornado that wiped out most of the downtown district and killed 107 people. When construction began on the new depot, the Frisco had just completed a new line into Florida. With the spanish culture in the the area of the new line, they saw it appropriate to construct a new depot that reflected the spanish influence. So the depot was then used as a marketing tool to get people to travel and ship it on the Frisco to Florida. Turns out, it worked.

On the museum (east) side of the Frisco caboose, there is a brick patio for outdoor get togethers.

The museum has 3 outside displays of railroad cars. On the right is the MP caboose 13597 and on the left is the Union Pacific baggage car 5705, onced used on some of UP's premier high speed passenger trains such as, the Portland Rose, the Challenger, and the City of Los Angeles.

We have 3 baggage wagons on display outside the museum. How do you like our mailbox switchstand?

We are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Come on in!

This room used to be the general waiting room. Now it is the main display room.

This room was opened back up in 2002, once closed to visitors, this area was an apartment until the city (who owns the building) passed a bill saying no residents shall live in a city owned building.

This bell is one of the first exhibits that was donated to the museum after it's incorperation in 1986. It used to be mounted to the smoke box of Frisco 4-8-2 1508.

There are two old drawbridge signal lights displayed in the display room.

This is the raised portion of the display room. A G scale model train operates on top of the main display cases and across two bridges at each end of the room.

This case has railroad china, napkins, glasses, and silverware such as Missouri Pacific eagle 1920s pattern. MP '40s, UP '50s, and Frisco '40s. As well as a couple books and some menus from various railroads and periods.

Another photo of the main display room's display cases.

The car diaphram like entrance to the dispatcher/ticket agent's office. This is now used for the train shop and displays.

The origional dispatcher table is still in place as well as the old Ticket Window. The center display case is for railroad locks and keys. There are many old and currently used lanterns on display. The old Harveille Junction sign is on the lantern case.

The train shop has just about anything an model railroader can want.

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