MID-CONTINENT RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC

OUR MISSION IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC BY RECREATING AS ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE THE GOLDEN YEARS OF RAILROADS, FROM THE CIVIL WAR DAYS UNTIL AFTER WORLD WAR II, BY OPERATING A LIVING RAILROAD WITH VINTAGE EQUIPMENT FROM THOSE TIMES. WE WILL COLLECT, PRESERVE, RESTORE, AND OPERATE ARTIFACTS FROM THOSE TIMES SO AS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF RAILROADING FROM WOODEN EQUIPMENT TO STEEL, AND FROM STEAM POWER TO INTERNAL COMBUSTION. WE WILL GIVE OUR VISITORS A FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE ON THIS EQUIPMENT. WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO ACCURATELY PORTRAY THIS GOLDEN AGE.