WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - It was only a few weeks ago that the Great Plains Transportation Museum started a GoFundMe to raise money to cover some unexpected costs on the restoration of a 1960’s ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Lon Smith with the Great Plains Transportation Museum stopped by KSN News at Noon on Monday to talk about the museum’s new mural. The Great Plains Transportation Museum is known ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Great Plains Transportation Museum had sent a train to Kansas City to be restored where an additional $50,000 worth of damage was found. “We sent it off to Kansas City to be ...

Lon Smith talks about toy trains and holiday displays at the Great Plains Transportation Museum, 700 E. Douglas in Wichita. The exhibit is open Saturday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Children under 3 are free.

The Great Plains Transportation Museum museum plans to rent the train car out as a source of income.

Lon Smith is the new executive director of the Great Plains Transportation Museum in downtown Wichita. He’s the first-ever paid employee for the 42-year-old nonprofit. Travis Heying The Wichita Eagle ...

The Ronald McDonald House has spent more than 40 years giving families outside the Wichita area a place to stay while their child battles an illness at local hospitals.

Current photograph of Santa Fe Railway diesel-electric locomotive No. 93. (Courtesy of Great Plains Transportation Museum) No. 93 pulled Santa Fe passenger trains between Chicago and California or ...

The Great Plains Transportation Museum is converting this former baggage car into an event space downtown. Courtesy photo More and more event centers of all sizes seem to be opening around the greater ...