 ARTA 's only streetcar is No. 300 , nicknamed " Old 300 " and built in 1913 by the American Car Company for the streetcar system in San Antonio , Texas . It served San Antonio until the abandonment of streetcar service there in 1933 and was acquired at that time by the San Antonio Museum Association , former parent of the San Antonio Museum of Art . In 1981 , SAMA opened in a former Lone Star Brewery building located along the tracks of the Texas Transportation Company . As an additional attraction for museum visitors , car 300 was restored to operating condition , and in October 1982 it began providing public rides along a short section of track behind the art museum . This heritage trolley service was discontinued at the end of 1985 due to budget cuts , and the trolley car , by then already nicknamed " Old Number 300 " , went back into storage . 
