It is the Mission of the Historic Railroad Museum and Station at Llano, Texas, to preserve the railroad heritage of Llano County and adjacent counties of the Texas Hill Country and it shall be presented to the general public as a Historic Railroad Museum.     

The Museum and Station will have the first purpose of discovery, collection and preservation of books, pamphlets, maps, portraits, relics, artifacts, manuscripts, letters, journals, photographs and any and all articles, objects and/or materials which pertain and relate to the history and heritage of the railroads of the Hill County, the County of Llano and adjacent counties, and the City of Llano, especially as such items relate to the discovery, collection, and preservation of all articles, objects and materials which pertain and relate to the history of railroads in the Texas Hill Country, therewith to arouse and perpetuate a knowledge of and an interest in such areas.  

The Museum and Station shall have the second purpose of serving as a passenger reception space for such excursion railroad activities as may be operated by the Hill Country Railroad Association or its successor.

Collection policy:   The museum will collect as donations the following:   artifacts, photographs and documents which fulfill the Mission Statement particularly relating to the railroad history of the Texas Hill Country.     It is not anticipated that the Museum Collections would overlap those of the Llano County Historical Museum. 

Scope: The scope of the Museum Collection is limited to the history of the following railroads: 

     1.  Austin and Northwestern/Texas and New Orleans/Southern Pacific Llano Branch, from Burnet to Llano.   The Southern Pacific System in general
     2.  Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe/Santa Fe Railroad Brady Branch, from Lometa to Brady.     The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad System in General
     3.  San Antonio and Aransas Pass/Southern Pacific Kerrville Branch from Comfort to Kerrville.   
     4.  Fredericksburg and Northern Railroad,  Comfort to Fredericksburg.   

These railroads impact the following Hill Country Counties of Texas:   Burnet, Llano, San Saba, McCullough, Kendall, Gillespie and Kerr.