Here are some links to our favorite places
The ARM recommends the following sites! Please feel free to check them out. Each link will open in a new window, close that window and you come home to us!
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Buttel Railroad Museum
The Buttel Railroad Museum is one of the best privately supported railroad museums in the Texas Panhandle.
This "can't miss" site for railfans features standard gauge rolling stock and related equipment, exhibited on 1 1/2 acre site, just south of Amarillo, Texas.
The museum was established in 2000 to preserve for future generations a hands of experience for railroad enthusiast to see and occupy Texas area railroad rolling stock and equipment.
Museum Visitor Hours and Information
The museum is open every day from Noon to 5:00 PM. We are closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. Please call for hours on Easter Sunday, Christmas Eve, and New Year's Eve.
For extended hours past 5pm, call 806.670.1314 Museum grounds close at 5:00 PM.
During the summer months of June, July, and August, we stay open until 6:00 PM.
NO ADMISSION CHARGE - DONATIONS APPRECIATED
We have a large picnic area on the grounds with a Gazebo and invite our guests to bring food and beverages to the museum.
Museum Location
The Buttel Railroad Museum is located at 3907 W. Sundown Lane, only 1 miles south of Amarillo city limits. Take Western Street south approximately 1 mile south of Hollywood Rd, turn left on Sundown, look for sign on RH side.
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Railroad Artifact Preservation Society
Railroad Artifact Preservation Society, Inc.
3440 Bell St.
Suite 320, #326
Amarillo, TX. 79109
Phone: 806.674.0472
FAX: 806.358.6303
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Byron Henderson's Model Rail Services
Byron was our layout designer. If you are considering a professional designer for your layout, you can't do better, but we know from experience, you can do much, much worse!
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Missouri Pacific Historical Society
The MPHS is a partner with the Amarillo Railroad Museum in the production of our ART steel reefers. If you are interested in the Missouri Pacific, you might like to drop by.
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Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society
As the most prominent railroad in the Texas Panhandle, the Santa Fe deserves special mention. This is a wonderful website, full of history, modeling, and products.
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Burlington Route Historical Society
The Burlington (or Ft. Worth and Denver) was the first railroad through the Texas Panhandle. More information on the FtW&D's interesting route and the Colorado and Southern north of the Texas-New Mexico border, in addition to lots of information on the "Q" be found here.
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Rock Island Technical Society
The last railroad to enter the Texas Panhandle, the Rock Island actually had quite a number of lines. From the Memphis-Tucumcari route through Amarillo to the Golden State Route through the Top of Texas, and the many branchlines, the Rock Island was a colorful line. Where else in the Panhandle were there grades in excess of 3% requiring trains to be broken up into as many as three groups to get up the hill?
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