Railroad and Transportation Museum of El Paso is a
railroad
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
museum in
El Paso
El Paso (; "the pass") is a city in and the seat of El Paso County in the western corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population of the city from the U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the 23rd-largest city in the U.S., the s ...
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Texas
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,
United States
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Facilities
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
*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
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El Paso, Texas
El Paso (; "the pass") is a city in and the county seat, seat of El Paso County, Texas, El Paso County in the western corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population of the city from the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau w ...
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El Paso & Southwestern Railroad No. 1
External links
Railroad and Transportation Museum of El Paso
References
Picture of Locomotive No. 1
Rail Photo Art
Proclamation for sesquicentennial
Legislative Library
El Paso Mayor's proclamation
Senate Proclamation
Museums in El Paso, Texas
Railroad museums in Texas
Museums established in 2006
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