The Texas Transportation Museum (TTM) is a

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located in

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. It was created in 1964 to help preserve artifacts and information about San Antonio's transportation history. TTM operates as much of its collection as possible, including many

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vehicles on its own

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, the Longhorn and Western Railroad, multiple model train layouts, and many antique automobiles. TTM's goal is to provide an

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and entertaining experience which interprets how developments in transportation technology shaped and continue to impact daily life. The museum was originally located at the

Pearl Brewing Company The Pearl Brewing Company (also known as the Pearl Brewery or just Pearl) was an American brewery established in 1883 in Downtown San Antonio, Texas, United States. In 1985, Pearl's parent company purchased the Pabst Brewing Company and assumed ...

Downtown San Antonio Downtown San Antonio is the central business district of San Antonio, Texas, United States. It also serves as the urban core of Greater San Antonio, a metropolitan area with nearly 2.5 million people. In addition to being encircled by Loops 1604 ...

and had used the tracks of the

Texas Transportation Company The Texas Transportation Company was an electrified, Class III, short-line railroad in San Antonio, Texas, that operated from 1897 until 2001. It served the Pearl Brewery and several other businesses, moving carloads between those businesses a ...

. In 1967 the museum was granted use of approximately of what was then known as the Northeast Preserve, now McAllister Park, just north of the

San Antonio International Airport San Antonio International Airport is an international airport in San Antonio, Texas. It is in Uptown Central San Antonio, about north of Downtown. It has three runways and covers . Its elevation is above sea level. SAT averages 260 daily dep ...

on Wetmore Road. The museum hosts three major events annually, an Easter egg hunt in April for Easter, "Spook-Track-Ula" in October for Halloween, and "Santa's Railroad Wonderland" in December for Christmas. Different areas, including a remodeled caboose, picnic tables, children's play area and a large outdoor pavilion can be rented for group parties. The children's play area includes a playscape consisting of a wooden engine(480)/tender and a metal scale-model diesel engine. TTM is a registered 501(c)(3)

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Longhorn and Western Railroad

The Longhorn and Western Railroad is the Texas Transportation Museum's standard gauge

that operates on its property with no connection to the general rail system. The L&W consists of approximately of trackage in total, with its mainline that runs from the east and west ends of the property. Visitors can ride the full sized diesel-powered train every hour on the half hour on Saturdays and Sundays, and Fridays during the summer or holidays. A steam day is held once a month where visitors can ride behind the museum's standard gauge steam locomotive. TTM Locos

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preserved on the L&W

Operating

*US Army 1954 Baldwin RS-4-TC 1A Switcher #4035 *US Air Force 1942 GE 45-ton switcher #7071 *

Comal Power Plant The Comal Power Plant was originally a lignite (brown coal) power generating facility, built starting in 1925, in New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas. It was decommissioned in the 1970s, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places i ...

1925 Baldwin 0-4-0T #1 *

Missouri Pacific Railroad The Missouri Pacific Railroad , commonly abbreviated as MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. MoPac was a Class I railroad growing from dozens of predecessors and mergers. In 1967, the railroad ...

Flat car #50043 *Missouri Pacific Railroad Caboose #13083 *US Marine Corps Fairmont motor car #256260

Static display

* Moscow, Camden and San Augustine Railroad 1911 Baldwin 2-8-0 Steam locomotive #6 *

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The railroad was chartered in February 1859 to serve the cities of Atchison, Kansas, Atchison and Top ...

Pullman business car #404 * Pullman Company (operated by

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) 1924 Pullman McKeever sleeper car *

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Caboose #25275 *Missouri Pacific Railroad Caboose #11919 - Awaiting restoration *Missouri Pacific Railroad Caboose #13430 - Converted into a birthday party room *Miscellaneous

railroad speeder A speeder (also known as a section car, railway motor car, putt-putt, track-maintenance car, crew car, jigger, trike, quad, trolley, inspection car, or a draisine) is a small railcar formerly used around the world by track inspectors and work cre ...

Antique vehicles

Fire apparatus

*1898 American LaFrance steam pumper *1924 Buffalo Type 50

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*1947 Mack Type 85

Tractors

*1939 Case *1941 Cletrac DG-5 *1948 Ford 8N *1946 John Deere Model H

Cars and trucks

*1929 Ford Model AA *1931 Ford Model A Tudor *1924 Ford Model TT *1903 Oldsmobile Curved Dash *1918 Oldsmobile Speedster

Carriages

*1900 Doctor’s Carriage *1898 Victorian Brougham *1903 Studebaker

Model railroad displays

*HO scale layout operated by the Alamo Model Railroad Engineers (AMRE) *G gauge outdoor layout operated by the San Antonio Garden Railroad Engineers Society (SAGRES) *N scale layout operated by the San Antonio N-Trak Association (SANTRAK) *O scale layout operated by TTM volunteers *Z scale layout

Gallery

File:L&W 4035.jpg, Former US Army 1954 Baldwin RS-4-TC 1A Diesel-Electric Switcher #4035 File:1942_GE_45_Ton_locomotive_at_the_Texas_Transportation_Museum,_Mar_2017.jpeg, Former US Air Force 1942 GE 45-ton switcher #7071 File:1911_Baldwin_2-8-0_Steam_at_Texas_Transportation_museum_2.jpg, Former Moscow, Camden and San Augustine Railroad 1911 Baldwin 2-8-0 Steam Locomotive #6 File:TTM -1.jpg, Former

1925 Baldwin 0-4-0T #1 File:US Marines Speeder at TTM.jpg, US Marine Corps Fairmont motor car #256260

References

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