Railroad and Transportation Museum of El Paso
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Railroad and Transportation Museum of El Paso is a railroad museum in El Paso
, Texas
, United States
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of the El Paso & Southwestern located in the Union Plaza Transit Terminal, just south of the Civic Center. Various 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.
Railroad and Transportation Museum of El Paso is a railroad museum in El Paso
El Paso
El Paso, a city in the U.S. state of Texas, on the border with Mexico.El Paso may also refer to:-Geography:Colombia:* El Paso, CesarSpain:*El Paso, Santa Cruz de TenerifeUnited States:...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, United States
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Facilities
The museum is currently operating an exhibit adjacent to historic 1857 locomotive No.1El Paso & Southwestern Railroad No. 1
El Paso & Southwestern Railroad No. 1 is a 4-4-0 type steam locomotive, preserved in El Paso, Texas. The engine was built in 1857 by Breese, Kneeland, and Company of Jersey City, New Jersey, and is the only locomotive built by that firm still in existence....
of the El Paso & Southwestern located in the Union Plaza Transit Terminal, just south of the Civic Center. Various 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