The National Museum of Transportation was vandalized – Help Needed!

ST. LOUIS - Jan. 23, 2025 - PRLog -- We need your help! On Friday, January 10, at 6:00 am The National Museum of Transportation was vandalized. Vandals painted graffiti on two historic trolley artifacts causing approximately $20,000.00 in damage. These trolleys are used in daily operation providing rides for guests during the operating season.

"We are heartbroken by this careless, selfish, and senseless act," stated Terri McEachern, Executive Director. "Our volunteers work extremely hard to restore these priceless artifacts and return them to operating conditions for our guests to enjoy."

The Museum is a small non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to protect historic artifacts for future generations. The Museum receives no government funding and relies solely on the generosity of the community to preserve the past for future generations..

"We take vandalism to our artifacts seriously and will prosecute those who damage our collection to the fullest extent of the law," said Dr. Darryl Ross, President of the Museum's Board of Directors. "Not only did they damage our artifacts, they spray painted our security cameras. Fortunately, the photos we needed were already captured."

The Museum is working closely with St. Louis County Police. The Museum has provided photographs to St. Louis County Police of the individuals entering the property from the Union Pacific mainline and the damage done to the historic artifacts. We are grateful to the St. Louis County Police for the efforts they are using in assisting us in resolving this crime. If you have any information about this vandalism, please contact St. Louis County Detective Calvin McClain at 314.615.0716.

If you would like to donate to the Museum's restoration efforts, please donate here: https://tnmot.org/product/donation/

The two trolleys vandalized are the 1914 St. Louis Waterworks Railway #10 and the 1947 Southern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority #2740.