The Wichita Falls Railroad Museum is a railroad museum in Wichita Falls, Texas.
The museum is located in the Historic Depot Square in downtown Wichita Falls beside the railroad tracks. The museum is home to one of the largest collections of rolling stock in the area that pertain to the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (the "Katy").
The museum has one steam locomotive and one diesel locomotive, along with 13 other associated railway cars. There are also 8 small rail vehicles such as motor cars or speeders and a hand car.
The Wichita Falls Railroad Museum also sports 2 rubber wheeled "Kiddie Trains" for use at the museum and at civic functions around town representing the museum and its supporters.
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