Last updated: 7/7/2011
100 South 4th Street
Fort Smith, AR 72901
| May 1 to October 31 |
| Monday - Saturday | 10:00 am - 5:00 pm |
| Sunday | 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
| November 1 - April 30 |
| Saturday | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
| Sunday | 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
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Bradley Martin
phone: 479-783-0205
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Art B Martin MD
phone: 479-783-1237
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Henry Moore
phone: 479-783-0205
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David Kerr
phone: 479-783-0205
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Becky Meyers
phone: 479-783-0205
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The Fort Smith Streetcar Restoration Association is dedicated to the preservation and appreciation of electric powered streetcars, railroad equipment, transportation and other technology that existed during this period in history, and to providing a unique educational experience to the visiting public.
We operate a 1926 Briney safety car that operated in Fort Smith from 1926- 1933. Our story is the history of public transportation not only in Fort Smith but over 1,000 USA cities. We have a mural designed by John Bell. Jr depicking the history from 1883 to 1933. We have City Busses representing the history from 1933 t6o the early 1970s.
Our second restoration the Hot Springs Street railway 50 is almost completed. It is a 1904 double truck wooden car. Visitors will be able to ride it soon.
We have on display at the museum the Frisco 4003 steam engion, Cabooses, Mkt Pasenger car and other Rail equipment.
Our big non restoration project now is the expansion of our library and archives. We intend for it to becom an important research tool for all historical forms of transportion and other technology of the period such as radios, automobiles, gas engines and tractors, also early machinery. Most local libraries do not keep this information.
The Fort Smith Streetcar restoration Association Inc was founded in 1979 to restore Fort Smith Streetcars. In !985 the Museum building was built. In 1991 the museum statred offering Rides on an original Fort Smith Light and Traction company Briney Safety car on 3 blocks of track bordering the Fort Smith Historical site and by the Fort Smith Museum of History in downtown Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Today the museum has 3/4 miles of track running from Garrison Avenue to the Fort Smith national Cemetery.
We have added a 6,000 f00t building to store rubber tired vehicles unrestored Streetcar bodies and other machinery, A machine shop was added to the Car barn and we have a 4,000 sq ft building being adaptively redone for a Library and Archive.
Our main collection is the Streetcars. We have one operational, one nearly completed and 3 awaiting restoration. Our collection also includes The Frisco 4003 Steam locomotive, MKT passenger car, 3 cabooses, 3 box cars, one diesel and 2 gas mechanical locomotives, 6 motor cars and other track equipment.
The museum's collection also includes a large collection of Railway Memorabilia.
Currently we have approximately 2000 books and serials related to railways. Approximately 30,000 photos from early steam engines to recent rail equipment.
Our collection also includes several collections such a Charles winters research on the Fort Smith and Western RR and the Fort Smith Light and Traction. There are employee's personal collections of papers about there career.
Access: General Public, Students, Scholars, Members
Appointment required: Yes
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