We are proud participants in the Arizona Centennial Celebration
Click here for more Centennial activities
Save money when downtown with Museum Express, click here to find out how
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New train raffle for the holidays
FREE ADMISSION
FREE PARKING
( 520) 623-2223
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Santa Rides withCelebrities
See them on Dooin's page
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New Exhibits at the museum
Union Pacific Big-Boy Model
G-Model train circles above the museum
click here for more information
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1673 UPDATES
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1673 gets a new bell
Thanks to the generosity of Alvrius and Alvina Neeley,
the museum now has an authentic brass bell
on locomotive 1673, Click here for details
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And a new cab roof, see Doins page
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See pictures of 1673's new gages here, and new engine and tender paint here
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SATM members ride UP birthday train, see doin's
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The Museum library is now on line, see below
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Remember free engine 1673 cab tours every Saturday
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News from our community model railroad friends:
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The Tucson Garden Railway Society
Read where you can see G-gage operating exhibits at locations around Tucson in hospitals, museums (including SATM), and open houses; (Not included is the UA Diamond Children's Hospital lobby);
by clicking here.
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Future events at the
THE GADSDEN-PACIFIC DIVISION TOY TRAIN OPERATING MUSEUM
Open houses go on Saturday & Sunday holiday schedule
Come and see the Lionel Lincoln Funeral Train
This is an operating train created by a GPD member.
Raffle tickets are still on sale for $25 to win this train at the museum
Join us for open houses on first and third Sundays, 12:30 - 4:30
Multiple trains running on multiple gage layouts
TWO months remaining: May 12, 26; June 9, 23
The next swap meet at the Expo Center is May31-June 1
more information here at the GPD museum site
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The Museum library index is now on-line. There are two data bases; the first is periodicals, the second file contains books, films, and other printed material. Both are in PDF format and searchable by text.
Click here for the library page, under the research tab, top banner.
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The Southern Arizona Transportation Museum exists to interpret the history
of transportation in Southern Arizona with a focus on the Tucson Historic Depot,
and Steam Locomotive #1673.
Dedicated to education, research and preservation.
414 N. Toole Ave. Tucson, AZ 85701 [map] · ContactUs@TucsonHistoricDepot.org · 520-623-2223
Weekends: Visit the engine and ring the bell!