{"id":56,"date":"2014-09-07T22:10:17","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T05:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tucsonhistoricdepot.org\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2025-10-06T20:07:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T03:07:54","slug":"friends-at-the-depot","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tucsonhistoricdepot.org\/?page_id=56","title":{"rendered":"Friends at the Depot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friends of the Depot<\/h1>\n

Tucson Association of Museums<\/h2>\n

Visit associated museums in Tucson with a wide choice of interests<\/h4>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Local Museums and Railroad Organizations<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n

The Gadsden-Pacific Division, Toy Train Operating Museum – https:\/\/gpdtrains.org\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

The Tucson Garden Railway Society –\u00a0 www.tucsongrs.org<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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Southern Arizona Society of Model Engineers–SASME –\u00a0 http:\/\/www.sasme.org\/<\/a><\/div>\n
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Arizona & Southwest Model Railroad Society, Green Valley and exhibits – http:\/\/www.tucsonntrak.com\/ASWMRR\/<\/a><\/div>\n
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The Arizona Rail Passenger Association – http:\/\/www.azrail.org\/<\/a><\/div>\n

The Children’s Museum Tucson – www.childrensmuseumtucson.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The Mini-Time Machine Museum of Miniatures –\u00a0\u00a0www.theminitimemachine.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Museum Express information<\/a> \u00a0Restaurant and store discounts for visiting museums, be sure to see both pages.<\/p>\n

The Tucson Modern Streetcar website is here, SunLink<\/a> , it is built by
\nOregon Iron Works, <\/a>\u00a0Transit Industry Division,<\/a> \u00a0United Streetcar Company LLC<\/a><\/p>\n

Associated sites are Friends of the Tucson Streetcar\u00a0 http:\/\/www.streetcarfriends.org\/<\/a>
\nand the City of Tucson\u00a0 https:\/\/www.tucsonaz.gov\/integrated-planning\/tucson-streetcar-corridor<\/a><\/p>\n

National Railway Historic Society – http:\/\/nrhs.com\/<\/a>
\nFor local Old Pueblo Chapter information, Email oldpueblonrhs@yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Arizona Deparetment of Transportation Intercity Rail Study click here<\/a>
\nFor relief of I-10 traffic Tucson – Phoenix<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Arizona Museums and Tourist Lines:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Arizona Railway Museum, Chandler – \u00a0http:\/\/www.azrymuseum.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park, Scottsdale – http:\/\/therailroadpark.com\/index1.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Verde Canyon Railroad, Clarkdale – http:\/\/www.verdecanyonrr.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The Grand Canyon Railway, Williams – http:\/\/www.thetrain.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Adobe Western Railroad 7-1\/2″ riding Maricopa Live Steamers<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/www.maricopalivesteamers.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0National Friends:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Amtrak – www.amtrak.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Union Pacific RR – http:\/\/www.up.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Operation Lifesaver – How to drive and be around trains safely – http:\/\/oli.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

National Association of Rail Passengers –\u00a0 http:\/\/www.narprail.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Virtual Railfan webcams – https:\/\/virtualrailfan.com<\/a>
\nVirtual Railfan<\/strong>\u00a0is the premiere provider of LIVE train cams from some of the busiest spots on earth.\u00a0 Our camera network captures hundreds of trains per day from all over the world.\u00a0 No matter where you are and what you\u2019re doing\u00a0Virtual Railfan<\/strong>\u00a0will bring the trains to you!\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Other Local Friends:
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Ace Hardware 22nd St & Kolb model RR supplies<\/a><\/p>\n

The Heath Team at NOVA Home Loans\u00a0– https:\/\/www.novahomeloans.com\/ <\/a><\/p>\n

Nova Arizona Bowl game – www.NovaArizonaBowl.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Maynards Market & Kitchen –www.maynardsmarkettucson.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The Double K Ranch Bed and Breakfast – \u00a0http:\/\/www.doublekranch.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Peach Properties, Real Estate – http:\/\/peachprops.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Providence Service Corporation – http:\/\/www.provcorp.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Madden Media – www.maddenmedia.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Norris Design Office – www.norris-design.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Tucson Lifestyle – www.tucsonlifestyle.com\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

TucsonTopia – local attractions –\u00a0https:\/\/tucsontopia.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Friends of the Depot Tucson Association of Museums Visit associated museums in Tucson with a wide choice of interests \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Local Museums and Railroad Organizations: The Gadsden-Pacific Division, Toy Train Operating Museum – https:\/\/gpdtrains.org\u00a0 The Tucson Garden Railway Society –\u00a0 www.tucsongrs.org Southern Arizona Society of Model Engineers–SASME –\u00a0 http:\/\/www.sasme.org\/ Arizona & Southwest Model Railroad […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tucsonhistoricdepot.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tucsonhistoricdepot.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tucsonhistoricdepot.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tucsonhistoricdepot.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tucsonhistoricdepot.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/tucsonhistoricdepot.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2627,"href":"https:\/\/tucsonhistoricdepot.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions\/2627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tucsonhistoricdepot.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}