Welcome to Mid-Continent Railway Museum
Mid-Continent is an outdoor living history museum and operating railroad recreating, preserving, and interpreting the small town/shortline way of life from the “Golden Age of Railroading.”
Book Your Tickets for Our 2025 Season!
Mid-Continent Railway Museum’s Fall 2025 operating season is here! Mid-Continent’s museum exhibits and train rides are open each Saturday and Sunday through October 19th.
Take a 1-hour train ride and choose between Coach class seating, Caboose seating. During the month of September, you can also join the engineer for a Locomotive Ride!
We also offer a number of special events during the fall.
- Sept. 27-28: Take a guided tour beyond locked doors and inside Mid-Continent’s prized restored wooden cars and through the restoration shop during our Vintage Rail Car Tours event, and take a rarely-offered ride aboard a Wooden Coach Car
- Oct. 4-5 & 11-12: Enjoy the changing fall foilage with a train ride during Autumn Color Weekends.
- Oct. 18-19: Make getting your Halloween pumpkin an adventure with a ride aboard the Pumpkin Special.
- The popular and family-friendly Harvest Flyer (Oct. 18) and Holiday Flyer (Dec. 6) trains have returned with drinks and light snacks served aboard the train.
- The all-new Harvest Happy Hour (Oct. 18) and Holiday Nightcap (Dec. 6) trains provide a fun twist on Mid-Continent’s beverage trains for passengers 21 and over.
- Nov. 29-30 & Dec. 6-7: Get in the holiday spirit with a ride with Santa aboard the Santa Express.
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Gift Cards Available
Giving the gift of Mid‑Continent just got easier. Gift cards can be purchased online in any dollar amount and are valid toward any train or tour Mid-Continent operates. Find out more…
Get Involved
Mid-Continent Railway Museum would not be possible without our volunteers and members. You too can participate in keeping America’s railroad history alive by volunteering or becoming a museum member.
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