Mechanical skills = Preservation of History and Affordable Fun For Young Families

Maintain a Kansas City historical treasure, and create an affordable day of fun for young families.

Join up with the Kansas Northern Miniature Railroad. We are 501c3 and 100% volunteer. We are partnered with Kansas City Parks, and located in the Northland at Frank Vaydik Line Creek Park. We’ve been operating since 1992.

We need some younger volunteers.

We operate three trains; all were built in the 1950s. One of them is the original train from the Kansas City Zoo. They need lots of careful, often creative care. It's hard to find parts, sometimes we have to make them. And maintaining the track, switches, and crossing signals can also be challenging.

Over the winter, we do preventive maintenance. We disassemble, check it all out, and put it back together. This usually happens on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Our crew includes retired railroaders and people with a variety of mechanical talents and skills.

Track maintenance happens during warmer months. Our operating season is weekends, May through October. And during those months we have routine maintenance on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Special projects? Yes we do those. A tunnel, playground equipment, and restored signals are some examples.

All of us current volunteers are getting older! We need some younger volunteers to come aboard. Initially, you will do a lot of listening and watching. We have a lot of special tools and procedures. Eventually you can take over and preserve this Kansas City historical treasure.

Come join us.