National Museum of Transportation
About National Museum of Transportation
The National Museum of Transportation (TNMOT) is a private, 42-acre transportation museum in Kirkwood, Missouri. Founded in 1944, it restores, preserves, and displays vehicles from the late 1800s to the present: mainly locomotives and railroad equipment, but also cars, aircraft, and a boat. The museum contains 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. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
The museum has its own railway spur to an active main line formerly owned by the Missouri Pacific Railroad, now by the Union Pacific Railroad. This has allowed the museum to take possession of large and unusual pieces of railroad equipment. A miniature railroad operates around a loop of track near the parking lot. A restored trolley operates Thursday–Sunday from March through December.
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01St. LouisNate Beal · CC BY 2.0
02CTA carMatthew Black · CC BY-SA 2.0
03Barretts TunnelKbh3rd · CC BY-SA 3.0
04E-2 Bi-polarKbh3rd · CC BY-SA 3.0
05Gas turbine locomotiveKbh3rd · CC BY-SA 3.0
06ChryslerTurbineEngine01 cropKbh3rd · CC BY-SA 3.0
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