Southern Arizona Transportation Museum, Tucson
The Southern Arizona Transportation Museum is a railroad museum in Tucson. It is located in the former records vault building at the former Southern Pacific Depot.
The museum does not charge for admission. Guided tours of the facility are available for a small fee, by appointment only. The museum offers community events, downtown historic walking tours (October–March), railroad safety education, an oral history program and an active collections department preserving artifacts pertaining to transportation in southern Arizona.
Southern Pacific locomotive #1673 is on display at the museum; visitors may ring the locomotive bell. The locomotive is a 2-6-0 M-4b Mogul locomotive built for the Southern Pacific Railroad by Schenectady Locomotive Works of Schenectady, New York in November 1900. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Visitors also learn how the railroad impacted Tucson since its arrival on March 20, 1880.
The museum does not charge for admission. Guided tours of the facility are available for a small fee, by appointment only. The museum offers community events, downtown historic walking tours (October–March), railroad safety education, an oral history program and an active collections department preserving artifacts pertaining to transportation in southern Arizona.
Southern Pacific locomotive #1673 is on display at the museum; visitors may ring the locomotive bell. The locomotive is a 2-6-0 M-4b Mogul locomotive built for the Southern Pacific Railroad by Schenectady Locomotive Works of Schenectady, New York in November 1900. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Visitors also learn how the railroad impacted Tucson since its arrival on March 20, 1880.
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Sight Name: Southern Arizona Transportation Museum
Sight Location: Tucson, USA (See walking tours in Tucson)
Sight Type: Museum/Gallery
Sight Location: Tucson, USA (See walking tours in Tucson)
Sight Type: Museum/Gallery
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