Museum of History and Trains in St. Louis Mo.

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF TRANSPORT
Fifteen years ago, a nineteenth century horsecar gathered dust in much needed bus garage space seeming destined for destruction. But a group of historically minded St. Louisans saw the need for preserving such relics as a permanent record of our transportation history...for giving that perspective of the past that enable man to understand the present and plan for the future.
Therefore in 1945, five acres at Barretts Station were acquired and the National Museum of Transport was born! Today that lone "hayburner" has been joined by many other exhibits. Locomotives invite young and old to enter cabs for nostalgic "runs". Coaches...handcars...signals...lanterns...dining car china tell the story of rail travel. Streetcars...heavy electric interurbans...trackless trolleys and buses trace city transit progress. Authentic relics testify to a great transportation history.
The original five acres has grown to sixty-five, assuring ample space for planned expansion. A railroad tunnel...the first bored west of the Mississippi represents some of the difficulties encountered in opening the way West. An exhibit of commercial air transport including representative planes, will serve as a reminder of progress in the air-age. Keel boats, stern-wheelers and barges will trace the growth of the waterways and truck and bus collections will illustrate the emergence of highway transportation.
In fifteen years the National Museum of Transport has come to be recognized as the leading museum of its type. In that time the staff has changed from volunteer to professional. As the fame of the Museum has spread, the number of visitors has increased...over 100,000 last year! Through its realism, the Museum offers a kind of education that is attractive and stimulating to the mind. Educational class attendance totaled over 20,000 in 1959.
The widespread interest in the Museum indicates that it has succeeded in the founders' purpose...to provide motivation for further conquest of time and space through preservation of the rich heritage of the past.
Prominent leaders of business, education and Labor from throughout the United States make up the Board of Directors, one member of which is Clark Hungerford, Chairman and President of the Frisco Railroad.
The National Museum of Transport is a nonprofit educational Corporation, supported by donations, individual and corporate memberships, admissions and concession sales. Contributions are tax-deductible.
Railroaders in general, and the Frisco family in particular, can take pride in having been a part of the founding of this educational monument to all transportation -- the service that has bound together and thus made possible America's great culture.

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