National Museum of Transportation
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The National Museum of Transportation (TNMOT) is a private, 42-acre
it restores, preserves, and displays a wide variety of vehicles spanning 15 decades of American history: cars, boats, aircraft, and in particular, locomotives and railroad equipment from around the United States. The museum is also home to a research library of transportation-related memorabilia and documents.At the southwest corner of the property is West Barretts Tunnel. Built in 1853, it is one of a pair of tunnels that were the first to operate west of the Mississippi River.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
The museum has its own railway
miniature railroad operates around a loop of track near the parking lot and a full-sized restored trolley
operates Thursday–Sunday from April through October.
Vehicles and equipment
Railroad
Among its railroad items are:[3]
- Aerotrain No. 3
- The only surviving Milwaukee Road class EP-2 Bi-Polar Electric.
- No. 4006. The largest steam locomotive of the museum's collection.
- No. 2156. The only surviving Norfolk & Western Y6a and the second largest steam locomotive in the collection.
- Union Pacific Centennial No. 6944. One of the final Centennial locomotives built.
- Southern Pacific class GS-6 "War Baby" No. 4460, the sole surviving GS-6.
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 2-10-4No. 5011.
- Chesapeake & Ohio K-4No. 2727
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad No. 50. The only surviving EMC 1800 hp B-B locomotive
- EMD FT No. 103, the first F-unit built, a National Engineering Landmark.
- DL&W steam locomotives and one of five Camelbacksin existence.
- Erie Lackawanna EMD SD45No. 3607.
- M-K-T steam locomotive.
- C&IM steam locomotive.
- Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (Italian State Railroad) E550.025 electric locomotive. The only locomotive brought from outside the United States of America.
- NYCsteam power.
- Wabash 2-6-0 No. 573, one of only two Wabash steam locomotives in existence.
- Union Pacific No. 900081, a rotary snowplow.
- The Whale, largest tank car ever built.
- A PRR P5 electric locomotiveNo. 4700. The sole surviving P5.
- Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad No. 9908 "The Silver Charger", the locomotive of the General Pershing Zephyr.
- St Louis - San Francisco No. 1522, used in excursion servicefrom 1988 to 2002.
- 1630 at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois.
- A PRR GG1 electric locomotiveNo. 4918.
- Chicago and North Western class DAtlantic.
- New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad 4-6-4 No. 170, the only surviving Nickel Plate L1a Hudson.
- Hyperloop One ∞ XP-2[4]
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A 1950s GM Aerotrain from the Rock Island railroad.
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ABaltimore & Ohio Railroadin 1873.
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Only surviving Milwaukee Road class EP-2 electric locomotive.
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An Erie Lackawanna Railway EMD SD45 restored to its original condition.
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The 9908 Silver Charger, which drew the General Pershing Zephyr train.
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Norfolk & Western 2156, the strongest-pulling steam locomotive in existence.
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USRA Light Mikado steam locomotive with a 2-8-2 wheel arrangement.
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A Southern Pacific GS-6 War Baby steam locomotive 4-8-4 wheel arrangement.
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Budd-built CB&Q Zephyr diner Silver Spoon.
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FriscoNumber 1621.
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Chicago & Illinois Midland 2-8-2, Number 551, the sole surviving C&IM steam locomotive.
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Number 4006.
Automobiles
The Earl C. Lindburg Automotive Center contains 25 vehicles,[5] including:
- 1908 Galloway Express truck
- 1901 St. Louis Motor Carriage Companycar
- 1963 Chrysler Turbine Car[6]
- 1964½ Ford Mustang
- 1915 Ford Model T
- Bobby Darin's Dream Car a DiDia 150[7]
- St. Louis-built Automobile Gallery.
- 1941 Cadillac Fleetwood Fleetwood Series 60 Special Sedan (featured in front of a rescued and restored unit from the nearby Coral Court Motel
Boats and aircraft
On display are a
T-33 Shooting Star
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In 2021, the museum opened a permanent exhibition of some 100 model airplanes donated by Sanford McDonnell, each with a connection to the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation.[8]
See also
- List of United States railroads
- List of railway museums
References
- ^ "St. Louis Post-Dispatch 24 Jul 1994, page Page 33". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ "Barretts Tunnels". Abandoned Rails. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
- ^ "Railway Equipment". The National Museum of Transportation. National Transport Museum Association. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
- ^ Hughes 2, Renee (4 October 2022). "Virgin Hyperloop Pegasus Pod at TNMOT!". National Museum of Transportation. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "St. Louis Post-Dispatch 17 Jun 2018, page H01". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ Lassa, Todd (July 21, 2006). "Road Test: 1964 Chrysler Turbine Car". Motor Trend. Archived from the original on September 5, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
- ^ Vaughan, Daniel (March 2010). "1960 Di Dia 150 - Overview". Conceptcarz.com. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
- ^ "St. Louis Post-Dispatch 25 Jun 2021, page G10". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
External links
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