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Railroad Museum, Dan Harris, Model Trains & Memories
A Facebook post caught my eye earlier this week. It came from the Railroad Museum of Oklahoma, one of Enid’s inviting tourism attractions. The museum was recently privileged to accept numerous boxes of historical material from the estate of the late Dan L. Harris. Thanks to his daughter and son-in-law, Allison and Lynn Angleton, along with Allison’s brothers Greg Harris and Kyle Harris, extensive documentation has been donated providing a detailed account of the formation of the Railroad Museum of Oklahoma, initially known as the Enid Model Railroad and Historical Association which began in 1974. For a time in the late 1970’s, it appeared the museum would be able to call the old Rock Island depot its permanent home. However, due to the bankruptcy of the Rock in 1980, that plan was never realized. It opened in its current location in 1989. Information about all these activities was carefully chronicled by Mr. Harris and will soon be housed in the museum’s research library. Thank you, Allison, Lynn, and Dan for making this wonderful collection available to the Railroad Museum of Oklahoma. We appreciate your thoughtfulness and your help in preserving the history of a great institution!
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