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Wednesday 10am - 4pm Thursday 10am - 4pm Friday 10am - 4pm Saturday 10am - 4pm Sunday 10am - 4pm

Heartlands Railroad Museum

Name: Heartlands Railroad Museum
Address: 6769 NW 20th Street, Scammon, KS, 66773, US
Telephone: +16204481065

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The Heartlands Railroad Museum has a growing indoor and outdoor railroad historical museum complex at Carona, KS; just 18 miles Southwest of Pittsburg, Kansas. Visit our website for directions and details at heartlandsrailroadmuseum.org.

Visit our website at heartlandsrailroadmuseum.org for additional information and a schedule when our museum buildings are open. The outdoor exhibits may be visited anytime during daylight hours. There is a walking tour guide available on our website. Please do not climb on any of the equipment and stay back from the railroad track should a train come through during your visit.

10/16/2026

A Eastbound South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad manifest train passes through the Heartlands Railroad Museum complex on October 16, 2026.

10/15/2026

If you would like to see some great railroad related photography (or share some), here is an opportunity.

REMINDER:

Ken Albrecht Memorial Slide/Media Show
Saturday Oct 17, 2026 10am to 5pm
Heartlands Railroad Museum Carona, Kansas
The Heartlands Railroad Museum in Carona, Kansas will be holding a railroad slide/media show on Saturday Oct. 17th from 10am to 5pm or later in memorial to Ken Albrecht of Columbia, Missouri who passed away this year. Ken was an avid and very talented railroad photographer and friend to many people. This is an open format show in which anyone can present a program of 30 to 45 minutes on any railroad subject or reminisce about Ken. We can show almost any type of media. Bring your own computer as a backup.
Lunch is on your own. Please bring snacks to share.
The Heartlands Railroad Museum is located at 6769 NW 20th Street, Scammon, KS 66733. For more information go to www.heartlandsrailroadmuseum.org .
Contact: John Chambers, Museum Curator
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (620) 448-1065

10/09/2026

The Heartlands Railroad Museum will be closed today, Friday, October 9. 2026. Our curator is not feeling well.

10/02/2026

A Westbound loaded CPKC unit soybean train passes through the Heartlands Railroad Museum on October 2, 2026. Picture 1 is the headend of the train. Picture 2 is the rear Distributed Power on the train.

09/18/2026

Ken Albrecht Memorial Slide/Media Show
Saturday Oct 17, 2026 10am to 5pm
Heartlands Railroad Museum Carona, Kansas

The Heartlands Railroad Museum in Carona, Kansas will be holding a railroad slide/media show on Saturday Oct. 17th from 10am to 5pm or later in memorial to Ken Albrecht of Columbia, Missouri who passed away this year. Ken was an avid and very talented railroad photographer and friend to many people. This is an open format show in which anyone can present a program of 30 to 45 minutes on any railroad subject or reminisce about Ken. We can show almost any type of media. Bring your own computer as a backup.

Lunch is on your own. Please bring snacks to share.

The Heartlands Railroad Museum is located at 6769 NW 20th Street, Scammon, KS 66733. For more information go to www.heartlandsrailroadmuseum.org .

Contact: John Chambers, Museum Curator
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (620) 448-1065

09/10/2026

Two Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad manifest trains passed through the Heartlands Railroad Museum today, September 10, 2026. Photos by John Chambers.

08/20/2026

Heartlands member Rob McKnight brought his caboose marker lamps to the last Heart of the Heartlands meeting at the Heartlands Railroad Museum to get some pictures of them properly displayed on our newly acquired Frisco (former North East Oklahoma Railroad) caboose.

08/08/2026

Three KCSM (Kansas City Southern of Mexico) locomotives sit just west of the Heartlands Railroad Museum on the South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad awaiting a new crew at 9am, August 8, 2026.

08/07/2026

A Eastbound South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad train passes through the Heartlands Railroad Museum complex on August 7, 2026. Photos by John Chambers.

07/30/2026

A Eastbound South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad manifest train passed through the Heartlands Railroad Museum complex at about 11:00am, July 28, 2026. Photo by John Chambers.

Address

6769 NW 20th Street
Scammon, KS
66773

Opening Hours

Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Thursday	10am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 4pm
Saturday	10am - 4pm
Sunday	10am - 4pm

Telephone

+16204481065

Website

http://www.heartlandsrailroadmuseum.org/

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