Texas Transportation Museum
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| Established | 1964 |
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| Location | San Antonio, Texas |
| Type | Transportation Museum |
| Visitor figures | 13,013 |
| Director | Pat Halpin |
| Curator | Jared Davis |
| Website | http://www.txtransportationmuseum.org |
Texas Transportation Museum (TTM) is an all volunteer organization located near San Antonio, Texas that collects, preserves and displays transportation equipment and related items.
It was created in 1964 to help preserve artifacts and information about San Antonio's transportation history. TTM operates as much of the collection as possible, including many railroad vehicles.
The museum was originally located at the Pearl Brewing Company near downtown and used the tracks of its short line railroad, 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 a heritage railroad as well as several model train layouts and many road vehicles. TTM also 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.
TTM is a registered 501c3 Charitable organization.
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[edit] 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
[edit] Other info
Reporting marks: LWRR
Railroad Radio Freq: 462.5500 MHz
Slogan: Come ride the rails of Texas!
Chairman : Pat Halpin
Manager : Hugh Hemphill
Secretary : Peter Shavney
Curator : Jared Davis
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Texas Transportation Museum Homepage
- The San Antonio Garden Railroad Engineers Society
- Alamo Model Railroad Engineers' (TTM's AMRE Website)
- A Website about A.M.R.E. by an A.M.R.E. member
- [http://www.youtube.com/user/TXTransMuseum Texas Transportation Museum's Youtube Account
