texas & pacific railway museum

This is a small museum located in the Amtrak station. The gentleman who worked there was very well informed and friendly and the museum - although tiny - had some interesting facts on Marshall's rail history.

it is not very big but interesting. It is still a working train station. Not much more to say. If you like trains, you will like this.

The museum was closed but the train station and surrounding area is worth a visit. If you a geocacher, there is a cache located near.

We learned that the T & P railroad was extremely important to the development of Marshall, a little about what Marshall looked like back in the late 19th and early 20th century, and how the railroad and its employees were. My DH and I really liked practicing Morse code with each other. That and a couple of other things were very hands on. Children would have liked it, especially the ability to climb on the steam engine and caboose just outside. It only cost $1.50 for each of us, as seniors.

Every time my grandchildren come in we have to go to the museum! Great place to take the young & old!

This is a wonderful Railway Museum dedicated to the history of the Texas & Pacific Railway in East Texas. The museum is housed on the second floor of the Marshall Train Depot which was built in 1912 and restored in November 1999. The Marshall Train Depot is located in the Ginocchio Historic District and is a recorded Texas Historic Landmark since 1985. The museum provides insight into the role of the T&P Railway which for over a hundred year period provided work for over 3,000 people in the East Texas region. I especially enjoyed the 1995 note from our former First Lady and former Marshall resident, Lady Bird Johnson, thanking so many people for their help in restoring and preserving the Marshall Depot and establishing the T&P Museum and Gift Shop! Please note that there is a nominal admission charge to the museum but a Senior discount is available

Small, but nice railroad museum. My grandson loved being able to blow the railroad whistle in the museum and climbing on the engine and caboose at the museum.

From the view of the depot across the tracks to the underground entry, this is a magical place. The depot is like none I've ever seen and the museum captures the importance of the railway in a really interesting way. Worth the trip.

Marshall was an important stop on the Texas and Pacific Railroad. It's at the junction of the line coming south from Little Rock and Texarkana, and the line coming from the east from New Orleans and Shreveport. The T and P continues west of Longview, Dallas and Fort Worth. The Marshall Train Station is right in the junction of the lines. The museum is on two levels, with exhibits about the Texas and Pacific Railroad, and its history in Marshall. Large shops for the railroad were located near the station, but no longer exist. The museum explains the history of the shops, and its importance to the Marshall economy back in the period around 1890 to 1940. Amtrak still stops at Marshall, on the Texas Eagle route, between Chicago, Saint Louis, Little Rock, Texarkana, Longview, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio. To find the Marshall Texas and Pacific Railway Museum take the US 59 exit along I-20, and go north for about 3 miles. US 59 is a busy 4 lane highway as you come into Marshall. There's a traffic light at the junction of US 59 and US 80. Go west on US 80 for about a mile. Downtown Marshall will be on the left, about a few blocks south of US 80, but watch for the signs for the Amtrak Depot on your right. It will be a small 2 lane street going north for several blocks. The street ends at the railroad tracks. The parking lot is free. You have to take the pedestrian walkway under the railroad tracks to reach the Marshall Station and the museum. Be prepared to walk down a flight of stairs, then go through a tunnel, and then to go upstairs again on the other side. There is an elevator at the station that you can use.