Shortly after Frisco passed away we had a new arrival, a tabby kitten. She was named Belle — the Kansas City Southern Railroad used to have a passenger train called the ‘Southern Belle’, often referred to simply as the ‘Belle’. Unfortunately Belle seems to have been a bit of a wanderer, and after going missing […]
In the spring of 2004, we had noticed a new calico cat coming in and out of the car barn for food. Although she was, a little shy at first, that quickly melted away after she became friends with the museum President at the time, Art Martin, and the other museum volunteers. The calico cat […]
Smoky arrived at the museum in December of 2003 and took up residence in the Frisco steam locomotive #4003. Dr. Martin tried to give her a home inside the car barn, but she would scramble madly for an exit each time she was brought in! Smoky likes to keep lookout from her favorite spot high […]
Frisco, a dark gray tabby, arrived at the car barn a few months before Katy vanished. The two cats took to each other before museum volunteers even noticed he was around, and he was soon part of the trolley “family.” He was the first male cat at the museum. It’s easy to see that Frisco […]
Katy was the first “trolley cat” to make her home at the Fort Smith Trolley Museum. She was a beautiful stray calico who showed up at the car barn in December of 1997 and quickly won the heart of museum founder Art Martin (who already had two cats at home) with her affectionate ways. After much debate, […]