- The museum is located at the former Southern Pacific Depot, which was renovated in 2004 to restore it to its 1941 style
- The Southern Pacific Number 1673 is a 2-6-0 M-4b class steam locomotive built in 1900 by the Schenectady Locomotive Works
- The 1955 film Oklahoma! features this 1673 locomotive, which was painted and equipped with turn-of-the-century colors and equipment for the "Kansas City" segment ... it was also given a new number tag, #52, for the movie [Trivia: The "Kansas City" segment in the Oklahoma movie was actually filmed in Elgin, Arizona]
- The museum focuses on the Historic Depot and the displayed Locomotive #1673
