The Texas Transportation Museum was created in 1964 to preserve artifacts and information about San Antonio’s transportation history.
The museum operates much its collection, including many railroad vehicles on its heritage railroad, the Longhorn, and Western Railroad.
As well as operating heritage stock on its historic railway tracks it exhibits several model train layouts and many antique automobiles.
The Model railroad displays include HO scale layout, G gauge outdoor layout, and O scale layout.
The Texas Transportation Museum provides a program of experiences that interprets how developments in transportation technology shaped our daily life.
The museum hosts regular community events in a unique environment of heritage trains and transportation of bygone eras.
1929 Ford Model AA Truck – Texas Transportation Museum in San Antonio, Texas
Highlights of the Texas Transportation Museum
- 1911 Balwin 2-8-0 Steam engine
- 1942 General Electric 45 Ton locomotive
- 1954 Baldwin 0-4-4-0 Diesel-Electric Switcher
- HO scale layout Model railroad display
- 1929 Ford Model AA Truck
- Longhorn and Western Railroad
- 1925 Baldwin 0-4-0 Steam engine
1911 Balwin 2-8-0 Steam engine – Texas Transportation Museum in San Antonio, Texas
Texas Transportation Museum
- Museum: Texas Transportation Museum
- City: San Antonio
- State: Texas
- Country: United States
- Established: 1964
- Type: Railway and Train Museum, Specialist Museum
- Location: 11731 Wetmore Rd, San Antonio, TX, United States
Texas Transportation Museum – Map
Texas Transportation Museum – 360 Virtual Views
Texas Transportation Museum – 360 Virtual Views
Virtual Tour of the Museums in Texas
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- Museums in Houston
- Museums in Dallas
- Museums in Fort Worth, Texas
- Museums in San Antonio
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Houston Museums
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Houston Museum of Natural Science
- Space Center Houston
- Lone Star Flight Museum
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Dallas Museums
- Dallas Museum of Art
- Perot Museum of Nature and Science
- Nasher Sculpture Center
- Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
- Meadows Museum
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San Antonio Museums
- The Alamo
- San Antonio Museum of Art
- Witte Museum
- Texas Transportation Museum
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Fort Worth, Texas Museums
- Kimbell Art Museum
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