The Elgin Depot Museum Union Depot Museum is open six days a week from 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., closed Mondays and some holidays. The museum has rotation exhibits and a permanent exhibit on the development of Elgin. A book by local author Charlene Hanson Jordan, Cross Roads Elgin, Transportation History of Elgin, Texas published 2004 available in the gift store for $20 plus shipping and handling. The museum has an extensive photography collection and archives area. Visitors are welcome to browse photos, copies may be obtained. Group tours are available by appointment. Operated by the Elgin Historical Association Depot Square @ Main & Depot Streets Call 512-285-2000 Current Exhibit at the Museum THE DINING CAR A Collection of Railroad History from the collections of Roy Ekstrum of Victoria. He's a member of the Austin Steam Train Assn. and has been collecting Southern Pacific Railroad dining car items for almost 20 years. Only part of his collection will be on display, but it will include over 100 pieces of SP's Prairie Mountain Wildflowers dining car china. Also, over 100 pieces of silver plate flatware and holloware, menus, and other dining car items will be displayed with place settings and individually. Colorful Railroad advertising paperwork on display was used to promote Texas and Louisiana both in tourism and agriculture. Another display will be about Southern Pacific's premier passenger train, the "Sunbeam" that ran between Houston and Dallas. Many pieces in these displays are very rare and hard to find, so if you're interested in seeing what travel was like during the 'golden age', be sure and check out this exhibit.   HISTORIC DOWNTOWN MAIN STREET Texas Main Street City Since 1990