Railroad and Transportation Museum of El Paso

Summary

Railroad and Transportation Museum of El Paso is a railroad museum in El Paso, Texas, United States.

Railroad and Transportation Museum of El Paso
The Locomotive No. 1 exhibit
Established2006LocationWest San Antonio and Durango, El Paso, TXTypeRailroad museumWebsitehttp://www.trainweb.org/

Facilities edit

The museum is operating an exhibit adjacent to historic 1857 locomotive No.1 of the El Paso & Southwestern located in the Union Plaza Transit Terminal, just south of the Civic Center. Displays demonstrate how transportation enhanced the development of business and industry in this region. In addition to an education program, the museum will maintain a library, a study center and an oral history collection.

Associates and supporters of the museum edit

  • Southwest Chapter, Railway & Locomotive Historical Society
  • Railroad Model and Historical Association of El Paso
  • El Paso & Southwestern Modular Railroad Association
  • Paso Del Norte Streetcar Preservation Society
  • Grand International Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
  • National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employees
  • El Paso County Historical Society

See also edit

External links edit

  • Railroad and Transportation Museum of El Paso
  • Locomotive No. 1 Slideshow
  • Visit to the Museum

References edit

  • Picture of Locomotive No. 1
  • Rail Photo Art
  • Proclamation for sesquicentennial
  • Legislative Library
  • El Paso Mayor's proclamation
  • Restoration of the Locomotive
  • Senate Proclamation

31°45′23″N 106°29′34″W / 31.7564°N 106.4927°W / 31.7564; -106.4927