After photographing the Enid Rock Island station I drove north across town to my real reason that for coming here.
Railroad Musuem of Oklahoma 6/6/2014
This railroad museum is housed in the old Santa Fe freight house built in 1924.
Rock Island caboose 17039 built by International Car.
Santa Fe caboose 999567, nee Santa Fe 1641 built by American Car and Foundry in 1927.
Union Pacific caboose 25323, nee Union Pacific 2723 built by the railroad in 1955.
Missouri-Kansas-Texas caboose 132 built by International Car in 1960.
Burlington Northern caboose 12181 built by Pacific Car and Foundry in 1978 and painted as St. Louis-San Francisco 1281. It was never owned by Frisco.
The speeders that this museum owns.
Northern Pacific caboose 10147 built by the railorad and currently numbered 1142.
Northern Pacific box car 42272 built by American Car and Foundry in 1941.
Burlington Northern maintenance-of-way car 968186, nee Great Northern railway post office car 38 built by American Car and Foundry in 1951.
Lounge car "Wanda Lee", ex. Amtrak 3100, nee United States Army medical service car 89526 built by St. Louis Car Company in 1954. It was rebuilt by Amtrak into a bar-lounge car 3406 "Le Pub" to be used on the Montrealer. When the pub and dance floor were removed, Amtrak converted it into a cafe-lounge car. After being moved to the museum, the car was refurbished and repainted, then named in honor of our director's late wife, Wanda Lee Campbell.
Museum scene.
Railroad crossing devices.
Switch stands on display.
Trackmobile.
RNO 50 ton switcher 1 built by General Electric in 1965. It was donated by Vulcan Materials from its Wichita, Kansas plant and was originally owned by the Chevrolet Motor Division at Tonawanda, New York.
Museum scene.
Southern Pacific caboose 4646 built by Pacific Car and Foundry in 1978.
Missouri Pacific caboose YRMX 13724 built by the railroad in 1977.
Burlington Northern caboose 12433 built by International Car in 1981.
Unknown flat car.
Conoco box car 50004, nee Santa Fe double-door automobile box car built by General American in 1928, rebuilt in 1941 and sold to Conoco.
Conoco tank car 190 built by the company in 1937.
St. Louis-San Francisco 4-8-2 1519 built by Baldwin in 1925. The engine and tender were presented to the City of Enid and placed on display in a park near St. Mary's Hospital in November 1954 and moved to the museum in December 1997.
The steam engine's plaque.
Frisco hand car.
Another speeder set.
Southern Pacific caboose 53 built by International Car and used on a Qwest cable construction train.
SPCX box car 5040 used as a tool car on a Qwest cable construction train.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy box car 41223 built by the railroad in 1959.
Southern Pacific caboose 55 built by International Car and used on a Qwest cable construction train.
Champlin Refining Company tank car HHCX 724.
St. Louis-San Francisco ore hopper car 5921.
Museum scene.
St. Louis-San Francisco trailer train flat car 100008.
Frisco outside frame box car 162739 built by American Car and Foundry in 1930.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy double-door box car 41402 built by the railroad in 1949.
TTOX flat car 12002.
Museum scenes. I went back inside and thanked them for having me here this afternoon.
Before I left Enid I had one more place to go.
The Enid Santa Fe station.
I have always loved that Santa Fe symbol. From here I headed west on US 60 towards Quilan.
Two views along my route on US 60. I made it to Quilan Road and stopped at the first bridge on Curtis Hill.
BNSF 7002 west. The birds were really something here so I moved to the second bridge.
BNSF 7164 East. My hat flew off my head down to the tracks so I had to climb down and then up to retrieve it.
BNSF 6694 West at the second bridge.
BNSF 4596 east. The birds were crazy here too. I continued east exploring Curtis Hill.
A BNSF eastbound on the east side of Curtis Hill.
BNSF CREX 1344 east at Avard Road. I went back to bridge one and waited.
BNSF 8227 east at bridge one on Curtis Hill.
BNSF 1992 east was my last train here, after which I drove to Woodward and found everything I had planned.
Northwestern Oklahoma SW1200 1401, nee Grand Trunk Western built by Electro-Motive Division.
Northwestern Oklahoma/Larry's Truck and Electric SW1200 1211, nee Missouri Pacific 1211 built by Electro-Motive Division.
The Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railroad station built in 1949. I then went to Carl's Junior for dinner then to the Sand Inn & Suites where I worked on the story before calling it a night.
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