Rock Island 905 Museum

The Rock Island 905 Museum, located in Duncan's Fuqua Park, features an old Rock Island steam locomotive #905 and an on-site museum housed in a replica 1892 train depot.  Located in Fuqua Park since December 1954, the 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive was originally built by the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York.  Placed in service in August 1910 by the Rock Island Railroad, the locomotive was coal-fired and could reach top speeds of 100 miles per hour.  Come and see this piece of Duncan's proud history and step back in time to a former era when Duncan was the first ...

The Rock Island 905 Museum, located in Duncan's Fuqua Park, features an old Rock Island steam locomotive #905 and an on-site museum housed in a replica 1892 train depot.  Located in Fuqua Park since December 1954, the 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive was originally built by the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York.  Placed in service in August 1910 by the Rock Island Railroad, the locomotive was coal-fired and could reach top speeds of 100 miles per hour.  Come and see this piece of Duncan's proud history and step back in time to a former era when Duncan was the first scheduled stop of the 905 passenger train.

Venture inside the Rock Island 905 Museum and witness exhibits that include dispatcher phones, a dispatcher desk and a variety of communication-themed displays.  G-scale model trains run around the inside of the depot and model train exhibits are also featured.  While the 905 locomotive is fenced-in, visitors are encouraged to tour the 1980 Missouri-Pacific caboose, also located on-site.