TTM site

Texas Transportation Museum

11731 Wetmore Road, San Antonio, TX 78247
(210)490-3554

TTM is a registered 501(c)(3) charity

TTM is a member of the Texas Rail Tourism Alliance

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Welcome !

TTM Mission Statement

Texas Transportation Museum is an all volunteer organization that collects, preserves and displays transportation equipment and related items. We operate a working passenger railroad, several model train layouts and many road vehicles. We provide an educational and entertaining experience which interprets how developments in transportation technology shaped and continue to impact daily life."

Come ride the rails of Texas !

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Thank you for visiting our site. We hope you will find it informative about the museum and the history of transportation in and around San Antonio. We really hope you will come to visit us and experience our collections, our working railroad and the various smaller scale train layouts that we operate.

Texas Transportation Museum was begun in 1964. It's a great place, built and run by volunteers who like this stuff so much we are willing to work for free! We receive no government funding of any kind and so are totally dependent on the income we make from visitors. We must be doing something right if we are still here after 40 years! We are open three days a week and offer scheduled train rides on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Details below.

We hope you find this site to be helpful. "Take" as many of the pictures as you like. If you use them on a web site, it would be nice if you mention the museum and add us as a link. Let us know if you would like your site added as a link as well. If it's in Texas and about transportation, we will be delighted to add it if we don't have it linked already.

"SAN ANTONIO ON WHEELS"

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The second book by TTM manager Hugh Hemphill about San Antonio transportation history is now available. Published by Maverick Publishing, the book chronicles the development of San Antonio's road transportation, from streetcars and bicycles, the first horseless carriages and the subsequent transformation of an isolated inland city to a major metropolis linked to the world with first class highways. Hugh's first book, "The Railroads of San Antonio and South Central Texas" was published in 2006, and details the impact of the railroads on the city and region.

For details about both books, click: San Antonio On Wheels

TTM WEB SITE INDEX

Click on the page name in BLUE to go directly to that page.

(You will find navigation links at the bottom of each main page.)

For when opening hours, cost of admission and our location, click •Hours of Operation, Admission & Location•

For information about private parties click •Private Parties at TTM•

For information about school and group visits click •School & Private Group Visits•

For our annual Christmas Extravaganza click •Santa's Railroad Wonderland•

For information about renting an antique vehicle click •Parade Vehicle Rentals•

For a TTM representative to address your organization click •TTM Public speakers•

For all the latest developments at TTM click •TTM News•

To get in touch with us click •TTM Contact List•

TTM DIVISONS

For our full sized, operating railroad click •The Longhorn & Western Railroad•

For our Garden Railroad click •S.A.G.R.E.S. - San Antonio Garden Railroad Society•

For our indoor HO scale layout click •A.M.R.E. - Alamo Model Railroad Engineers•

For our automobiles, trucks and horse carriages click •Road Vehicle Collection•

For our static industrial and agricultural engines click •Big Engines, Small Engines•

For our National Railroad Historical Society chapter page click •The Longhorn Chapter•

LOCAL TRANSPORTATION HISTORY

For timelines of San Antonio, Texas and national transportation click •Transportation History Timelines •

For the history of San Antonio's ox, mule and horse drawn road tranportation history click •San Antonio ox, mule & horse transportation history•

For the history of the bicycle in San Antonio service click •San Antonio bicycle history•

For the history of San Antonio Streetcar service click •San Antonio Streetcars•

For the history of San Antonio buses click •San Antonio Buses•

For a detailed timeline of civilian aviation in San Antonio click •San Antonio Aviation History•

For detailed histories of railroading in San Antonio, click on the following:

•Overview of San Antonio railroads and timeline•

•Artesian Belt Railroad / San Antonio Southern•
•AMTRAK•
•Burlington Northern Santa Fe•
•Missouri-Kansas-Texas•
•Missouri Pacific / International & Great Northern•
•San Antonio & Aransas Pass•
•San Antonio & Gulf Shore•
•San Antonio Uvalde & Gulf•
•Southern Pacific / Galveston Harrisburg & San Antonio•
•Union Pacific•
•Uvalde and Northern Railway•

•The Railroads and the Military in San Antonio•

For information about TTM's book on local railroad history click •The Railroads of San Antonio and South Central Texas•

TTM PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

For a brief history of TTM click •TTM since 1964•

For our immediate and long term goals click •TTM moving into the future•

For a list of individual donors to TTM, click •Individual Donations•

For a list of companies, organizations and foundations that have made donations to TTM click •Organization Donations•

For a list of companies and organizations with whom TTM has worked on projects click •TTM Partnerships•

For how you and your organization can help the museum click •Donations•

For links to related museums, web sites, books, videos, etc. click •Links•

This is how the links appear at the bottom of each main page

Site Navigation & Links

Many of the pages below will have sub-directories of their own.

•Main Page•
•Hours of Operation & Location•
•The Longhorn & Western Railroad•
•S.A.G.R.E.S. - San Antonio Garden Railroad Society•
•TTM'S Road Vehicle Collection;
•A.M.R.E. - Alamo Model Railroad Engineers•
•The Longhorn Chapter of the National Railroad Historical Society•
•Private Parties at TTM•
•School & Private Group Visits•
•Santa's Railroad Wonderland;
•Big Engines, Small Engines•
•History of San Antonio Transportation•
•Links to Other Related Web Sites, Books, Videos, Etc•