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Welcome to Our 19th Year of

THE SOUTHERN ARIZONA TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM

  • Now available in our gift shop
    click on card to enter shop

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visit us at the 

TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS

booth 344 ~ around Psychology Building

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From our Sister Museum

Our Annual Spring Event

The Silver Spike Ceremony

Honoring our history and our benefactors

GADSDEN-PACIFIC DIVISION
Toy Train Operating Museum

Now open Sundays, 1:00-4:00

click here for GPD information

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VISIT OUR REGULAR HOURS

 Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays

       11:00 – 3:00

Fridays, Saturdays

10:00 – 4:00

Sundays

11:00 – 3:00

Admission is FREE
Exhibits are bilingual 

COME VISIT AND STAY SAFE

Volunteers are always needed

Museum, Engine, and shop

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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See the newly filmed video on the Water Boys
who supplied the Chinese workers
building the railroad near Tucson
in our videos section

The videos can be seen here
More information is here

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OUR FUTURE EVENTS

  MAR 16     SILVER SPIKE

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End of the Line

Members and friends of the museum
who have passed

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Special Thanks to David Quakenbush, Owner of A1 Watch Repair on Broadway and
Camino  Seco who made the raffle possible by his generous raffle gift to the Museum.

Also, our sister museum,

THE TRANSIT MUSEUM IS OPEN 

The OPT Transit Museum at S. 4 th and E. 36 th Streets
has reopened to the public.

The Transit Museum hours are

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See Us From Anywhere

We are now on Virtual Railfan
With a YouTube address

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgqKBR3QqN8

The Camera is on 24 hours
Showing UP Mainline,
Engine 1673,
and Doc and Wyatt

In the last month we had ~300 viewers,
one of the favorite sites.

Amtrak Schedule is
# 1,21, west: Tu, Th, Sn 6:45-7:36 PM
# 2,22, east: Mo, Th, St 7:28-8:15 AM

To See Where Trains are now, go to
https://www.amtrak.com/track-your-train.html

Feel free to visit Engine 1673
anytime you want,
so she won’t be lonesome out there.

NEW FEATURES

Follow the Epes Randolph Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/Epes-Randolph-264091763657855/ ,

and satm1673 on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/satm1673/

for fun and fascinating photos and tales of Tucson history!
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You can now donate, join, and renew on this site
push the button for the donation page

We also have a new brick donation form
Press the donate button above for illustration and form
Leave a lasting legacy on display

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The Big Boy 4014 has come and gone
leaving many memories,

For better memories, visit the UP site

here

add up urls rr and foundation

Arizona Daily Star’s Road Runner column features
SATM, Ken Karrels, and All Aboard Arizona Rail Passenger Association
discussing rail passenger service between Tucson and Phoenix. 

Thanks, Joe Ferguson

Read about it HERE.

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All Aboard Arizona – Rail Passenger Association

Tucson-Phoenix Commuter Service

in Road Runner here 

New links July 2021

Local mayors support Amtrak proposal for a passenger rail connecting Tucson and Phoenix
Tucson Weekly

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   see our display cases and displays

women engineer

lanterns

still running

Dinner in the Diner

Featuring original china and silver service
from the named first class Pullman trains.

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And Celebrating the Movie “Oklahoma

Starring our Engine 1673

which was filmed in Elgin, AZ, and surrounding areas,

Read more  at this link:

The Arizona Star 10/29 “Caliente” Section

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See how to donate a car, help the museum, and the high school JTED mechanical education program: here

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See more on our Facebook page, even if you are not on Facebook.

Follow us on Twitter here

NOTE NEW : Contact us at  satm1673@outlook.com