There’s something magical about standing next to a massive steam locomotive that once thundered across the American landscape, its steel wheels larger than you are, its presence so commanding you can almost hear the whistle blow across time.
The National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis isn’t just another museum – it’s a 42-acre time machine disguised as a collection of really, really cool stuff that moves.
You know how some people get all misty-eyed about their first car?
Well, multiply that feeling by about a thousand, add in trains, planes, and automobiles spanning more than 150 years of transportation history, and you’ve got yourself one of Missouri’s most underappreciated treasures…