Texas Transportation Museum

Texas Transportation Museum

Established	1964
Location	San Antonio, Texas United States
Coordinates	29.548163°N 98.434766°W / 29.548163; -98.434766
Type	Transportation Museum
Director	Pat Halpin
Website	http://www.txtransportationmuseum.org

The Texas Transportation Museum (TTM) is a transportation museum located near San Antonio, Texas, USA.

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 railroad vehicles on its own heritage railroad, the Longhorn and Western Railroad.

The museum was originally located at the Pearl Brewing Company in Downtown San Antonio and had used the tracks of the Texas Transportation Company. In 1967 the museum was granted use of approximately forty acres of what was then known as the Northeast Preserve, now McAllister Park, just north of the San Antonio International Airport on Wetmore Road.

TTM operates artifacts on the L&W as well as several model train layouts and many antique automobiles.

TTM provides an educational and entertaining experience which interprets how developments in transportation technology shaped and continue to impact daily life. TTM experienced a 55% growth in attendance between 2002 and 2006, from 8,370 to 13,013 persons annually.

The museum hosts two major events annually, "Spook-Track-Ula" in October for Halloween, and "Santa's Railroad Wonderland" in December for Christmas.

Different areas, including a custom remodeled caboose, space inside the Zucht display building, picnic tables, and a large outdoor pavilion can be rented for birthday parties.

TTM is a registered 501c3 Charitable organization.

Model railroad displays

• Alamo Model Railroad Engineer's (A.M.R.E.) an HO model railroad
• San Antonio Garden Railroad Engineer's Society (S.A.G.R.E.S.) G scale model railroad

Gallery

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  1954 Baldwin RS-4-TC-1A Diesel-Electric Switcher
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  1954 Baldwin RS-4-TC-1A Diesel-Electric Switcher
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  1942 GE 45-ton switcher
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  1911 Baldwin 2-8-0 Steam Locomotive
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External links

• Texas Transportation Museum Homepage
• The San Antonio Garden Railroad Engineers Society
• Alamo Model Railroad Engineers' (TTM's AMRE Website)
• Texas Transportation Museum's Youtube Account