Texas Transportation Museum – Virtual Tour

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

Virtual Tour of the Museums in Texas

Texas Transportation Museum

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