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Museum of Transportation

63122 St. Louis, MO, United States of America (USA) (Missouri)
Address 2933 Barrett Station Road
 
 
Floor area only roughly guessed: 35 000 m² / 376 737 ft²  
 
Museum typ Exhibition
Transport in general
  • Passenger cars
  • Navy / Watercraft
  • Trams
  • Busses
  • Trucks / Lorries
  • Railway
  • Military Aerospace

Opening times
 Jan. – Feb.: Wednesday – Sunday: 9am - 4pm (last admission at 1pm)
March – early Sept.: Daily: 9am - 4pm
Sept. - Dec.: Wednesday – Sunday: 9am - 4pm
see website for holiday closures.

Admission
Status from 07/2023
 Adults: $15.00; Reduced: $13; Children: $7.00;
see website for optional Fees and category definitions.
Contact
Tel.:+1-314-965-62 12   
Homepage
to Location / Directions
www.transportmuseumassociation.org
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Location / Directions
N38.571488° W90.463423°N38°34.28928' W90°27.80538'N38°34'17.3568" W90°27'48.3228"
From Highway 40/I-64 or Manchester Road go South on I-270. From I-44 go North on I-270. Exit from I-270 at Exit #8, Dougherty Ferry Road. Go West on Dougherty Ferry Road to Barrett Station Road. Turn left (South) on Barrett Station Road and follow the signs to the Museum. The entrance is on the right-hand (West) side of the road.
Description

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
The museum has antique cars, boats, planes, and a sizable collection of locomotives and railroad equipment from around the United States. A miniature train operates around a loop of track near the parking lot, and occasionally a full-size trolley is operated.
 

Railroad

The museum has its own railway spur to an active Union Pacific Railroad main line (formerly Missouri Pacific Railroad). This has allowed the museum to take possession of large and unusual pieces of railroad equipment. Among them are:

Aerotrain No. 3
The only surviving Milwaukee Road class EP-2 Bi-Polar Electric
Union Pacific Big Boy #4006
Norfolk & Western Y6a class 2-8-8-2 No. 2156
Union Pacific Centennial #6944
Southern Pacific class GS-6 "War Baby"" #4460
The only surviving EMC 1800 hp B-B locomotive, the former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad #50
EMD FT #103, the first F-unit built, a National Engineering Landmark
Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western 4-4-0C #952, one of two DL&W steam locomotives in existence.
Erie Lackawanna EMD SD45 #3607
Chicago & Illinois Midland 2-8-2 #551, the sole surviving C&IM steam locomotive
FDS (ITALIAN STATE RAILROAD) E550.025 electric locomotive
New York Central 4-8-2 #2933, one of two surviving examples of large NYC steam power
Wabash EMD GP35 547, awaiting cosmetic restoration
Conrail GP7 5677 with dual controls for commuter operation, built for the New Jersey Central
Union Pacific 900081, a rotary snowplow
The Whale, largest tank car ever built
a PRR P5 electric mixed traffic #4700
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad #9908 Silver Charger, the locomotive of the General Pershing Zephyr
Frisco 1522, used in excursions from 1988-2002.
Frisco 1621, a sister to 1630 in Union, Illinois

At the corner of the property is Barrets Tunnel. Built in 1853, it was the first railroad tunnel built west of the Mississippi River and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

The museum also operates a miniature railroad and a full-size trolley on a seasonal schedule.
 

Automobiles

The recently remodeled Earl C. Lindburg Automotive Center contains some unusual pieces:
1908 Galloway Express truck
1959 Ford gas turbine truck
1901 St. Louis Motor Carriage Company car
1963 Chrysler Turbine Car
1964½ Ford Mustang
1915 Ford Model T
Bobby Darin's Dream Car a DiDia 150
 

Boats and Planes

There is a Missouri River towboat and
two airplanes on display,
a C-47 Skytrain at the main gate and a
T-33 Shooting Star near the scale model railroad
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