Train Museums and Rides

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The following locations offer exhibits of working, model and replica locomotives and cabooses, and/or rides and party packages.

 

Angels Flight Railway – The shortest railway in the world. Connects 351 South Hill St. and 350 Grand Ave., LA.  25 cents one way. Open daily: 6:45 a.m. – 10 p.m. (213) 626-1901. www.angelsflight.com

 

El Dorado Park Express Railroad -  El Dorado Regional Park, Long Beach. (562) 824-7725.  www.caboosecorners.com

 

Fillmore & Western Railway – Trips depart on Saturdays and Sundays at 11:30 a.m. and return at 3:30 p.m. Adults, $24; seniors, $22; children ages 4-12, $14; children ages 2-3, $10; infants under age 2 are free on lap. 364 Main St., Fillmore. (800) 773-TRAIN. www.fwry.com.

 

Griffith Park – Travel Town Museum, (323) 662-5874, www.traveltown.org. Griffith Park and Southern Railroad, (323) 664-6903. www.griffithparkrailroad.com. 5200 Zoo Drive, Los Angeles.

 

Irvine Park Railroad at Irvine Regional Park – 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange. (714) 997-3968. www.irvineparkrailroad.com

 

Lomita Railroad Museum – 2137 250th St., Lomita. (310) 326-6255. www.lomita-rr.org

 

Orange County Model Engineers – Conducted on the third weekend of each month, 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Rides are free, donations are welcome. Fairview Park, 2480 Placentia Ave., Costa Mesa. (949) 54-TRAIN. www.ocmetrains.org

Orange Empire Railway Museum - Demonstrations, tours and rides on historic trains and trolley cars. 2201 South A St., Perris. (951) 657-2605. www.oerm.org

 

San Diego  – San Diego Model Railroad Museum, featuring the largest indoor model railroad display in the world, (619) 696-0199, www.sdmodelrailroadm.com; Balboa Park Miniature Railroad, a three-minute, half-mile trip on a rare model train, (619) 239-0512, www.balboapark.org

 

Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park – Train is inside the zoo. 1801 E. Chestnut Ave., Santa Ana. (714) 836-4000. www.santaanazoo.org

 

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