Exciting Depot Doin’s   
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Voices of Southern Arizona Railroaders

Visit the museum often to see rotating employee stories showcased in our new permanent exhibit focusing on oral history accounts of railroaders in the steam and diesel eras.

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  The former Southern Pacific Railroad Central Traffic Control console was transferred from the Gadsden- Pacific’s Ivan English to SATM’s Ken Karrels for display in the Depot Lobby.

Click the picture to see the final placement in the Depot Lobby, with pictures painted by Don Perceval.

The Tucson Historic Train Depot
 put out a call to artists for 
assistance in replacing tiles
that have beenbroken for several
years. Nancy Williams led this
project by doinga lot of research
and experimentingon matching these
unusual tiles. More is at website:
gailtrobertsstudio.com 

       S.A.T.M

   Hall of Fame

Silver Spike Awardees:

2005 Robert Walkup, Tucson Mayor

2006 Elbert T. “Happy” Houston, former Mayor

2007 William Sayre

2008 Julia Peters-Newman, Alan Levin

2009 Sid Showalter, Jim Staggs, Howard Greenseth

2010 Harlin Marlar, John Tierney, Maynard Flood, Ivan English

2011 Sabastian Castillo, Lloyd L. “Chip” Rabb, Richard Dick

Former Tucson S.P. John J. Tierney displays 
his 2010 Railroader of the Year Silver Spike Award