Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum

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Founded in 1956 for the purpose of educating the public in railroad history, the museum offers rides on narrow-gauge model trains.

2011 | Coolest Place to Ride Pint-Size Trains

Unleash your inner trainiac and hop onboard one of the miniature steam engines that chug over bridges, through tunnels and in between ghost towns at Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum in Griffith Park. You don't even have to be a kid to do it -- no one will give you strange looks, promise. Even if you arrive in overalls and an engineer's cap. Founded in 1956 by train enthusiasts who wanted to educate visitors about railroad history, Los Angeles Live Steamers contains more than... More »
2008 | Best Steam Trains

Steam trains were an obsession for Walt Disney since his childhood. From his earliest sketches, he planned to have a railroad circling around the park at Disneyland. Ward Kimball and Ollie Johnson, two of Disney Studios' "Nine Old Men" of animation, shared the same obsession. They introduced Walt to their hobby of narrow-gauge live-steam backyard railroading, inspiring Disney to re-create the barn from his family home in Missouri and make his own miniature track. He used the barn as a... More »

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