ADA Access at the Texas Transportation Museum
Welcome everyone! As of December 2011, with the construction of a huge ramp from the depot to the upper level where our main display building is located, unimpeded access for persons with limited mobility at the Texas Transportation is finally complete. All our visitors can now reach every part of our huge site no matter where they park. We will continue to make ADA related upgrades to continually improve access for everyone but the bulk of the work is now finished.
Parking

Reserved spaces for persons with limited mobility at the depot in the main parking lot
There are two parking spaces reserved for people with limited mobility at our historic depot, which is the main point of entry to the museum. These spaces are not ADA compliant and neither is the ramp up to the depot from the parking lot. There are a number of ADA compliant ramps on the property and recent improvements now allow all our visitors complete access to our large property no matter where they park.

2 ADA compliant parking spaces near the railroad passenger platform
There are two ADA compliant parking spaces near the railroad passenger platform halfway up Decker Drive, which is the road up the hill from our entrance gate. From here there is an ADA compliant path to the depot. Thanks to recent improvements, all visitors can now access every part of the museum from wherever they park.

2 ADA compliant parking spaces at the main museum display building.
There are two ADA compliant parking spaces at our main display building. There is a bell if for any reason the access doors are not open when you arrive. Their are two ADA compliant rest rooms inside this building. This is where we keep our automobiles, horse carriages and three different indoor model train
Depot Access

ADA compliant ramp to improve access to the Longhorn depot
2 ADA compliant at main display building.
This ADA compliant ramp was built in 2011 as an Eagle Scout project. It allows persons in wheel chairs and with limited mobility to enter our historic depot much more easily. We intend to reconfigure the interior of the building in 2012 to further improve access to this historic structure.
Train Rides

ADA compliant ramp to the railroad flat car so everyone can have a train ride

ADA compliant ramp to the railroad flat car so everyone can have a train ride
This ADA compliant ramp was built in 2010 as an Eagle Scout project. It allows persons in wheel chairs and with limited mobility to ride on the Longhorn & Western's covered flat car. The ramp is located immediately in front of our historic depot.
Ramp To Move From The Depot To Our Main Display Building

ADA compliant ramp from the depot level to the main display building

ADA compliant ramp from the depot level to the main display building.
This ADA compliant ramp was built in 2011 by TTM board chairman Pat Halpin as the last major piece in our ongoing efforts to improve access to our museum for everyone in our community. Now everyone can move around our property without the hassle of having to use their own personal vehicle to get from the depot to the Zucht display building.
Static Railroad Display Access

Ramp to improve access to our static display
2 ADA compliant at main display building.
While this ramp improves access to our static railroad display for persons with limited mobility, the doorways and corridors on these antique railroad cars, which were built in the 1920s, are too narrow to allow access to wheel chair bound individuals.
Path to the Garden Railroad
There is an ADA compliant path comprised of crushed granite from the depot to the garden railroad area. It starts on the other side of the main railroad tracks which can be accessed by a wooden "bridge" over the rails. This bridge is a little bumpy because we had to leave gaps for the wheels of the train. The path is adjacent to the main railroad static display which cannot be made ADA compliant due to narrow doorways and corridors built in the 1920s. Once you cross the tracks again on the other side of our 1911 Baldwin steam locomotive, there is a small wooden bridge over a drainage ditch that allows unimpeded access to the garden railroad area. The entire garden railroad mainline is surrounded by paths of crushed granite as well.