The DispatcherVolume 53 Issue 3 March 2018

Oklahoma Railway Museum, Ltd. Central Oklahoma Chapter

of the National Railway Historical Society NARCOA Affiliate Member

COTTON BELT HISTORY COMES TO ORM! By Dan Biby

Back in the early 1970’s, B.B. Garrett, a retired Cotton Belt (St. Louis Southwestern Railway, later Southern Pacific) freight agent, established the Whistle Stop Ranch. His “ranch” consisted of a 50-acre parcel of land near Flint, Texas, where he displayed more than a dozen rail cars he had acquired. His vision gave kids of all ages a chance to experience railroad history firsthand.Sadly, Mr. Garrett’s passing in 2010 meant the end of the line for the Whistle Stop Ranch. The land on which his vintage rail cars sat was sold to developers. Those beautiful pieces of rolling stock that the former trainman collected had to be sold or donated or, worse… scrapped.Fortunately, our illustrious president, Eric Dilbeck, negotiated an opportunity for Oklahoma Railway Museum to collect parts from the remaining stock, a Southern Pacific (SP) passenger car built in the 1950s and a Southern Railway business car built in 1875. As an aside, our recently-acquired Rock Island RPO (railway post office) car also came from the Whistle-Stop Ranch.After a few calls, Eric assembled a 6-person team to assist in retrieving parts from those wondrous pieces of railroad history. Jay Chilton, our museum administrator’s husband and ORM’s unofficial official photographer, offered us of his handy trailer to haul much-needed hand tools, generator, lights, and a cutting torch, and many other implements to Texas. Eric asked me if we could use my pickup truck for pulling the trailer and transporting our “pull-a-part” crew.Our plan was simple: load Jay’s trailer on Thursday, and depart for Flint early Friday morning. Anne had already arranged for us to pick up a U-Haul 26’ box van in Tyler,TX for hauling our treasure trove of train parts and memorabilia

back to OKC. John Cobb would already be on site at the Whistle-Stop Ranch, scouting and gathering desired train parts.After a somewhat-late start leaving Friday morning – we took a side trip to view an old Katy engine – we arrive at our destination around 3 pm.I remember feeling sad as we pulled onto the little parcel of land that for nearly four decades had been home to a grand collection of railroad history. All that remained were two boxcars, the lonely hulks of the elegant Southern Railway executive car, and the SP passenger coach. Imagining those two old ladies forever fading into history was sobering.Continued on page 5

In This IssueCotton Belt 1 President’s Column 2Current Projects 3Eddie Birch, Jr. 3Museum Update 4Guests 5Funny Thing happened 7Board Update 8Upcoming Events 8Flint, TX 10Around the grounds 11Timetable 12

The Texas Train Robbers after a long-day’s work inside the Southern Pacific. Pictured (left to right) are Anne Murray Chilton, Eric Dilbeck, Dan Biby, John Cobb, Jay Chilton, and David Townsend. Photo By Eric Dilbeck

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The President’s Column Oklahoma Railway Museum, Ltd.(405) 424-8222

Officers:Eric Dilbeck, President

Bob Nantois, Vice President Drake Rice, Secretary

Charles Price, Treasurer

Trustees:Terry Birchett

Bob CookBob CossairtLarry Dodd Greg Hall

Bob HusseyCraig Larson

Departments and StaffTrain Show Chair

Bob Cook

Museum AdministratorAnne Chilton

Volunteer Coordinator/ Membership Chair

Amanda Resnick

Interim Dispatcher EditorEric Dilbeck

Dispatcher EditorsSharin WolfeHayley Enoch

Education ChairSteve Kamm

The Oklahoma Railway Museum’s mission is to provide an educational experience of railroads and how they shaped Oklahoma and the Nation.

While reviewing and squeezing articles into the newsletter this month I was reminded that February was a very busy month. No wonder it went by so quickly. I think we keep very busy at the museum. It is essential that we remain diligent. Our goal to develop our museum is a large one. The only way we can succeed is to take it in small steps. As you read through this month’s newsletter I hope you see past what is immediately

achieved and view these accomplishments as yet another step toward our goal. We have several entertaining articles this month about our salvage trips to Flint, TX. Museum volunteers made two trips to the Whistle Stop Ranch in Flint, TX. These trips were made over two weekends in February. Given the time commitment and the hard work of salvaging from well-constructed cars, I am grateful to the volunteers who went above and beyond for the museum. The bounty was plentiful since now our shop building is completely filled. The next time you see David Townsend, Dan Biby, John Cobb, Rook Jackson, Jay Chilton, or Anne Chilton, thank them for their hard work.As a part of our Bylaw change, the ORM board will be reviewing our departments for the museum. In the past the board members were also the head of a museum department. For example, Director of Museum Activities. The new bylaws, approved at the last member meeting, separated the role of departmental heads from the board trustees. This decision allows the board to better serve the museum through fundraising efforts rather than direct museum management. In the new format, department heads will manage the museum and answer to the board. At the January board meeting, we re-appointed members the department they were managing previously until we could review the departmental needs of the museum. Once the departments are defined, we will be looking for member to fill these positions. At the February board meeting we appointed a new Train Show Committee Chair. Last fall, Eddie Birch Jr. resigned due to health issues. David Eads, assistant chair was appointed interim chair and the 2017 Train show went off successfully. David’s appointment as chair was temporary as he could not commit to the time required for the 2018 show. After discussions, the board trustees appointed Bob Cook as the new chair. Bob has over 20 years of involvement with the OKC train show—I for one, am excited to see what Bob’s experience and perspective brings to this reputable show. Events like the Train Show require a team to see it through. Bob is looking for volunteers to fill committee positions. Let us know how you would like to help.New and exciting opportunities are available for our members. As I quite often say, it is an exciting time to be a member of ORM. But this month I’d like to qualify that. I am not sure I would be having as much fun if I were on the sidelines. To me, and those who volunteer regularly, the excitement is knowing that we are doing something. The Whistle Stop Ranch decayed because of lack of attention and action. The Train Show will continue because of commitment to its legacy. The fate of ORM is in our hands. It is only through the accumulation of small efforts done with vision and passion that are moving the museum forward. We have made a commitment (see our mission) to the ORM’s founders, to each other, and to the community—take a step, take action, and be a part of seeing ORM succeed. See you on the rails!

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Donations Friends and families of ORM can make donations to the museum for crossties, equipment and facilities.

A donation of $50.00 will help ORM purchase a new crosstie. You may donate a crosstie in recognition or in memory of someone. Donations can be mailed to the museum at the address below or made online on our website, oklahomarailwaymuseum.org.

Notate “Crosstie” with your donation, and send to :

ORM Ltd. 3400 NE Grand Boulevard

Oklahoma City, 73111

Depot StoreThe Oklahoma Railway Museum has items available for both children and adults at the Depot Store. These include baseball caps, polo shirts, t–shirts, lapel pins, coasters, and now mugs. Profits from the sale of these items support the museum and its projects.

The Depot Store is located inside the Oakwood Depot on the museum grounds. It is open on run days (the first and third Saturdays April through August) from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The store is also open during special events.

Current Projects By Eric Dilbeck

We currently have several projects in progress at the museum. Arrange time on a Saturday to come out and help.

Le Flore Depot (on the north property)

Work is started setting the depot on a new foundation. We need cinder blocks cleaned in preparation to lay on top of the newly poured foundation.

Santa Fe Box Car (in the shop building) Volunteers are working on preparing it for a new coat of paint.

Santa Fe 643 Steam Engine (outside on the track) The sunshades and rear curtains need to be worked on.

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Caboose (outside on the platform)Work continues replacing the outside siding.Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad Inspection Car (in the shop building)This project is near completion. Work is in progress on the generator. The engine compartment needs a coat of paint.Yard OfficeThe siding needs to be repaired and painted. Around the GroundsThere are plenty of projects and tasks at the museum. See Amanda, our volunteer coordinator, about available projects and volunteer opportunities.

Visit the Oklahoma Railway

Museum on YouTube

youtube.com/c/OklahomarailwaymuseumOrg

Anne Chilton presents Eddie Birch, Jr. with a plaque of appreciation from the Oklahoma Railway Museum. The plaque is in appreciation of his years of service to the museum’s annual train show. Thank you Ed for all your hard work!

Page 4 The DispatcherMuseum Update By Drake Rice

Engraved Platform BricksCost is $50.00 per brick. A maximum of 3 lines with 18 letters and spaces per line. To avoid confusion, please print characters in capital letters. Mail completed forms with check or money order to:

Oklahoma Railway Museum3400 NE Grand BoulevardOklahoma City OK 73111

Purchaser’s Name ___________________________ Phone No. _______________

Museum members traveled twice to East Texas to salvage items from old rail cars that were being scraped. They returned with seats, light fixtures and other items that will be used in the future on our passenger cars. It was two long trips, and we appreciate those that took the time and made the effort to save irreplaceable items from destruction. The rescued seats will replace the tables in the Great Northern passenger car to restore the car to its original design. We also acquired rear railing and brake equipment, allowing restoration to the UP observation car, called CORX 1. We plan to restore the rear observation deck, returning the car to the configuration it had when in UP service. Please see Dan and Jay’s article in this month’s newsletter for details of the trips.We had a VIP visitor to the museum: the President of Heritage Rail Alliance, G. Mark Ray. I first met Mark in 1996 at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (TVRM). I worked on purging water tanks on passenger cars and then met Mark who was installing a wheel lathe machine in the TVRM Shop. We spent several days working on the equipment that the museum had purchased from Poland. It had been sent to Poland at the end of WWII from the Pennsylvania Railroad. Over the years, Mark and I have visited at the museum association meetings. I was pleased that he was able to visit our museum. Eric Dilbeck, his wife Sharin, and I met him for dinner on Sunday evening and then Greg Hall and I gave him a tour of our museum on the next day. He was impressed with the Katy Inspection Car and enjoyed the Santa Fe Steamer. Work continues in the shop preparing the Magma Copper RS-3 for shipment to Arizona when the agreement to purchase is complete. Greg Hall, Guy Lynn, Terry Birchett, and others have been working hard to get the engine ready for the move. In addition, the final touches are being made to the MKT Inspection car 1045. Work is now focused on the engine that provides power for the generator. We are hopeful that by mid-May it will be working and out of the shop.Shop volunteers are looking forward to the future delivery of the ex-Frisco Baldwin Engine from California. It has been in military service since the late 1970’s and we were able to obtain it through the efforts of our President. It will be great to have it back in Frisco colors and number. Currently with five locomotives that can operate, it keeps maintenance folks very busy. During March, Bob Hussey Construction will rebuild the NE 30th street crossing and make repairs to the schoolyard switch. Although we lost the lease on track inside the school yard, we can still park several pieces of equipment on the schoolyard lead since it is on our right of way. It takes a lot of people and funding to operate a museum and plan for expansion. Please keep our museum in mind when looking for a place to make a donation, since all donations are tax deductible. As always, we can use more volunteers, you are more useful than you know. Stop by we’ll give you something to do.

Page 5 The DispatcherCOTTON BELT Continued from page 1

Then I remembered our mission: To recover as many pieces as we can so, these beauties can live on at ORM. Excitement filled the air as we pull up to the old cars.We stepped out of the truck, and began the task of identifying which items could be recovered and which were the priorities. We had a limited amount of time before we had to begin our journey home on Sunday. Anne immediately spotted a pair of step boxes at the rear of the business car. Unfortunately, they were set in concrete.“No problem,” Jay commented, while holding a rather menacing pry bar.That concrete never stood a chance.

Everybody stayed busy on Friday, since there were only a few hours of the day remaining. Throughout the day, we continued to identify treasures that we could retrieve when we returned first thing in the morning. Thanks to John’s RV generator and Eric’s shop lights, the veil of darkness didn’t stop our progress.Saturday gave us a good, long day to recover a lot of parts, and in the morning, we hit the ground running. Thanks to the several power tools we brought along, removing the millions of fasteners went a lot faster. Saturday was a Seattle kind of day – gloomy, damp, and cold – so once again the shop lights came in quite handy One of our high-priority tasks was to retrieve several seats from the SP car. David Townsend worked his way through those seats’ connecting bolts like a honey badger through a beehive. I don’t know how much those seats weighed, but they were made to last and about as easy to carry as a hippopotamus slathered in grease. There was no

possible way of hauling them down the narrow aisle adjacent to the “water closet” and out of the car. The solution seemed simple: take out a window and back the U-Haul up to the newly-made breach.We were half right… backing the truck was simple. Removing the window was not.Someone mentioned that builders of trains think of them as “rolling earthquakes.” With all the jarring, vibrating, swaying, and other structural strains. These cars were built tough and tight.I’ve never seen more layers of mounting hardware, fasteners, and just cold, hard steel used to hold everything from the windows to the light fixtures in place.Eventually, they got the window out, allowing us to offload 12 sets of seats and many other heavy items. In addition to the seats, we removed light fixtures, bathroom fixtures, door hardware, grab handles, steps, ash trays, arm rests, and sundry items.On Saturday, we also discovered that the two boxcars contained a lot of railroad memorabilia – everything from blank pads of train orders to signs and china. Mr. Garrett had collected these items during his 42 years of service on the rails.Continued on Page 6

John Cobb removing a fire extinguisher box from the SP.

Looking through the SP window to the back of the U-Haul.

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Who are our guests? By Larry Dodd

March Madness was underway and Kansas had just defeated the Penn Quakers, who gave them a run for their money. As I walked over to the museum and crossed our parking lot, I noticed a young family by their car. Their young boys had “Kansas” shirts on, so I asked them whether they had watched the game or they were recording it, as I did not want to spoil it for them. The Dad, Dustin Kuhlman, said he was not recording it and was interested in the outcome. I shared with him that Kansas had won, and asked where they were from.The Kuhlman family was from a suburb of Kansas City, KS. They were on a family trip and had found Oklahoma Railway Museum, as well as the OKC Zoo and Oklahoma Science Museum, and wanted to tour them all based on their adjacent locations. Their boys were all excited to see the trains. I thanked them for taking time to visit our facility.Dustin shared with me that they had driven through OKC many times without stopping, but this time, they had decided to spend some time here and were glad that they did. The boys were really enjoying our museum. They seemed very excited to be this up close to real trains!The Kuhlmans were kind enough to allow me to take a couple photos of their visit. Next time you’re walking our lot and you see guests, take time to get to know them! It adds so much to your day, and to their visit.

COTTON BELT Continued from page 5

Sunday morning was an Arctic Circle kind of day – bone-chilling cold, harsh winds, gloomy, damp, and, did I mention bone-chilling cold? Fortunately, working inside the cars was a little more endurable.We left the Whistle-Stop Ranch just before noon on Sunday. We found a nice place to enjoy lunch, refueled, and then headed northbound. Fortunately, we took an alternate route that bypassed Dallas-Ft. Worth traffic before reconnecting with I-35. As it turned out, we missed freezing rain and icy road conditions around Dallas.We got back to the museum around 7pm, we unloaded the U-Haul so Eric could return it. Handling those seats with front-end forks on the ORM tractor was the better way to move them!In conclusion, I’m honored to have been a part of this trip. Getting the chance to work alongside others who are passionate about the ORM and trains was a true pleasure. Everyone – Anne, David, Eric, Jay, and John – worked with a diligence and passion that I have witnessed only on rare occasion. I believe that, in some small way, we’ve helped preserve Mr. Garrett’s legacy a little further.

SP car after one row of seats were removed.

Page 7 The DispatcherA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Flint, TXBy Jay Chilton

In the dark, early morning hours of Saturday, February 24, 2018 Oklahoma Railway Museum President Eric Dilbeck and I hitched my 16-foot heavy trailer to his 1995 Dodge Dakota pickup in preparation for a two-day salvage trip to Flint, Texas. This was the second trip in as many weeks to the train artifact treasure trove, and this trip was far less planned. Eric made an offhand comment as we checked the brakes and lights, “I bet my truck would fit inside this trailer.” The statement would prove to be prophetic during the 313-mile (one-way) trip to the little town on the southern outskirts of Tyler, TX. The museum had sent a group of volunteers to the former site of the Whistle Stop Ranch the weekend before in which we stripped the seats and light fixtures from a Southern Pacific Railway passenger car. These salvaged treasures will help with the ongoing restoration efforts of cars owned by ORM. The trip was successful and enjoyable. Fellow salvager Dan Biby chronicles the great work done and memorabilia saved in his article in this month’s newsletter.The Whistle Stop Ranch was the 1972 creation of B. B. Garrett, a former freight claim agent for the St. Louis Southwestern railroad and antique train collector from Tyler, TX who owned a farm in nearby Flint. He moved his collection of ~13 vintage train cars to the 50-acre ranch and hosted guests who traveled to the site to see the trains. But nearly 50 years after he built the ranch, the cars sat unmaintained and neglected. After Mr. Garrett’s passing the land was sold, requiring the cars to be removed. Several cars found their way to various museums. Five cars remained on the ranch after the family sold as many as they could. The purchaser of the remaining cars and land put the five cars up for sale including a well-preserved Railroad Post Office. This is the RPO car ORM purchased last year. ORM plans to restore this car to use as an interactive RPO exhibit. This transaction began a dialog between ORM and A. W. Hines the current owner. Hines was committed to seeing Garrett’s legacy and the train cars live on in train museums wherever possible, even offering the remaining 4 cars for free. This only relieves one barrier; moving these cars, especially when not connected to a main line, is cost prohibitive.The remaining cars consisted of two boxcars and two passenger cars. The box cars were being used as storage sheds. The two passenger cars were former displays that had fallen into disrepair. Of the passenger cars, the first had surrendered her seats and other useful items readily enough the week prior. She had little left to give but the steel of her bones. But the second car was special. It was an executive business car with luxurious appointments. A kitchen and bathroom at one end served as quarters for the staff. In the middle of the car was a large dining room that also appeared to have once doubled as a business office, having a built-in desk next to the hutch. Two staterooms with private baths followed, one with a double bed and the other with bunks. At the end of the car was a large lounge finished with an observation deck under an awning and surrounded by a heavy railing. Because the cars remained after being offered for sale at no cost for over a year, the decision was made by Hines to have them scrapped.The ORM Board was considering a last-minute acquisition of the business car when Dilbeck received word Friday afternoon from the owner explaining that a change in the disposition of the car would not be possible. The scrapping company had made commitments and the steel of the car was needed in order for them to fill their obligations.Continued on Page 9

Anne Chilton works on removing a very stubborn sleeper couch from the business car. Photo by Rooke Jackson

Page 8 The DispatcherBoard Update By Drake Rice

Actions from the February Board Meeting• Budget discussion and adding heating to the shop in the winter• Discussion on excused and unexcused attendance at board meetings• Named Bob Cook as Train Show Chairman• President appointed previous board directors as new department managers• Discussion of membership levels• Discussed volunteer insurance policy• Discussed the need to keep display areas of the museum clean• Reviewed the offer and counter offer for the Mail Crane• Authorized the signing of the NE 36st Project with ODOT• Discussed expansion plan and the Le Flore Depot• The Texas company had accepted our offer for the MKT GE 25 Ton locomotive• Discussed some board challenges and outreach actives• Next meeting March 29th, 2018

Treasurers Report February 2018

Memberships $ 173.00Birthdays $ 0.00 Donations $ 1,540.00 Gift Shop $ 0.00Train Show $10,871.38Total Income $12,513.38Total Expenses $14,980.39

Upcoming Rail Related Events and Conventions

Spring Steam Train Event at Oklahoma Railway Museum

Train Rides April 7th, 8th, 14th, and 15th, 2018At The Throttle April 6th,8th, 13th, and 15th, 2018

Visit oklahomarailwaymuseum.org for more details and to buy tickets

Motor Car Tripon the A-OK Railroad

April 28th, 2018Visit oklahomarailwaymuseum.org/events/motor-car-ex-

cursions/ for more details

National Train Day at Oklahoma Railway Museum

May 5th, 2018 Come celebrate with us during our National Train

Day Event.Visit oklahomarailwaymuseum.org for more details

NRHS EventsMay 30 – June 3, 2018

2018 NRHS Spring ConferenceAdvisory Council and Board of Directors’ Meetings

St. Louis, MO

August 7 - 12, 20182018 NRHS Convention

Cumberland, MD

October 11 - 13, 20182018 NRHS Fall Conference

Advisory Council and Board of Directors’ MeetingsScranton, PA

Additional information can be found:www.nrhs.com

Page 9 The DispatcherA Funny Thing Continued from Page 7

ORM was given permission and 5 days to return to Flint to save whatever they could before the scrappers arrived at the ranch early the next week. A decision was made to save what could be saved and use some of the parts recovered to restore the observation deck on the museum’s Union Pacific 1505 Café observation car. A late-evening plan was hatched to get a couple hours sleep before returning to Flint early the next morning. The team consisted of Dilbeck, Anne Chilton – administrator for ORM and my wife –myself, and fellow ORM volunteer Rook Jackson of Fort Worth.

Returning to the morning of Saturday February 24th; the sun is shining on I-35, but it is still early. Just as we entered Lewisville, Texas (a north Dallas suburb) Eric’s pickup started exhibiting mechanical difficulties. Fortunately, we exited Interstate-35E near a full-service U-Haul moving store—three in fact. We decided to leave the 1995 Dakota at the U-Haul store and rent a moving truck to pull the trailer the rest of the way to the ranch and back to Oklahoma City. Dilbeck’s pickup would be dealt with on a later date. Returning outside from the rental office having rented a truck, I found Eric outside with a tape measure assessing the precise dimensions

of his pickup and my trailer. “Should I be asking Anne to get a bigger truck?” I asked as I approached. Eric turned with a conspiratorial smile and said, “Yeah, I think so.” After exchanging the original truck for a larger version, we transferred the contents of the trailer to the truck and set about to load the pickup on to the trailer. The Dodge pickup limped its way onto the trailer without incident leaving a generous 1.5-inch clearance on each side between the doors and the sides of the trailer. Dilbeck exited the pickup through the window. While Eric was defying physics, I came to the realization that the Dodge Dakota was approximately two feet longer than the bed of the trailer. This latest difficulty was addressed by using manual come-along cable winches on either side of the trailer frame to hold the ramp gate against the rear bumper of the pickup. We secured the pickup to the floor of the trailer with chains and the three of us were back on the road to the ranch.Once at the ranch we set to work immediately to recover the most rare and hard-to-find parts we could salvage in the few hours of daylight remaining. The stairs and trap doors from the observation deck surrendered themselves to the cutting torch. A hide-a-bed couch in the lounge gave way to pry bars demolition saws. The hand brake mechanism yielded to hammers and large wrenches with “cheater bars.” And the all-important railing was coaxed from the back of the car with muscle and perseverance. Our small crew filled our rented truck with lights and sinks, ladders, awnings, and 100-year-old relics from a beautiful example of railroad elegance. The drive back was uneventful. My worries over the unconventional usage of cable winches as security devices to hold the trailer’s tailgate against the rear bumper of the pickup were thankfully proven unwarranted. Despite sore joints and spending two weekends traveling and away from our beds, I think it can safely be said that it was an adventure enjoyed by all. The artifacts and parts recovered from the former Whistle Stop Ranch will see new life in the coming months and years. Garrett’s legacy will live on in part at the Oklahoma Railway Museum as visitors enjoy what he preserved and ORM saved from the scrap yard.

Page 10 The DispatcherSalvage at Flint, TX

Arrival at Flint, TX the first trip. We took a lot of tools with us in the trailer. Photo by Eric Dilbeck

Southern Pacific coach, left, and Southern Railway business car sit in the middle of a field in Flint, TX. Photo by Rooke Jackson

Eric Dilbeck cuts a set of stairs off the back end of the business car. Photo by Jay Chilton

John Cobb, left, and Dan Biby work on salvaging item out of the Southern Railway Coach. Photo by Anne Chilton

Railing off of the business car that will be used for our UP Observation car. Photo by Anne Chilton

The rear of the business car before removing the railing. Photo by Rooke Jackson

Page 11 The DispatcherAround The Grounds

Looking out the back of engine MKT 48 during a switching movement. Photo by Terry Birchett

Tom Harrison, Eric Dilbeck, and Greg hall work on repairing the brakes on the RS-3. Photo by Terry Birchett

Volunteers enjoy lunch together. Photo by Greg Hall

Volunteers cleaned out the Le Flore depot after it arrived. Photo by Greg Hall

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Oklahoma Railway Museum, Ltd. 3400 NE Grand Boulevard Oklahoma City, OK 73111-4417

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TimetableOklahoma Railway Museum (ORM) - Open Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM Closed on major holidays. ORM Train Rides - First and third Saturdays, April through August at 9:15 AM, 11:15 AM, 1:15 PM and 3:15 PM ORM Board Meetings - Last Thursday of every month at Oklahoma Railway Museum - 7:00 PMOklahoma “N” Rail - For information call Rick Inselman (405) 412-1552Central Oklahoma Garden Railroad Society Contact information: Steve Lemcke (405) 703-0209 e-mail steve.lemcke@att.net Marshall Douglas (405) 290-8989 Steve Kamm (405) 685-3755 email skamm@college.occc.eduPassenger Rail Oklahoma - Passenger Rail Oklahoma volunteers provide Amtrak depot hosting for the Hartland Flyer in City of Norman, OK most evenings, holidays, Saturdays, and Sundays. The depot opens at 7:50 AM. Contact Evan Stair at sfrr@aol.com, www.passengerrailok.org, or (405) 366-8957. Depot volunteer opportunities are available.Oklahoma S.W. Division NMRA - 2nd Saturday of each month, 1:00 PM, Goldman Room, Kirkpatrick Center, Jim Heidon, PresidentYukon’s Best Railroad Museum - Thursday/Saturday/Sunday and by appointment. Located 1 block north of Main and UP tracks in Yukon. Call John Knuppel, (405) 354-5079, for times and information. Waynoka Station/Waynoka Historical Society - 202 South Cleveland, Waynoka, (580) 824-1886. If you can help, call Sandie Olson.

CorrectionsAny changes to the above information or articles in “the Dispatcher” should be directed to the editor, Eric Dilbeck at eric@oklahomarailwaymuseum.org. For information on upcoming programs contact Anne Chilton at annem@oklahomarailwaymuseum.org.

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