Train Town, USA

During our vacation, we made a second trip to Strasburg, a cool little town packed with fun places for train-loving kids. During our first trip, we took a ride on the famous Strasburg Rail Road. This time, we decided to check out the National Toy Train Museum. It was awesome.



The place was filled with toy trains from the 1800's to the present. We checked out walls and walls of antique toy trains but the real highlight were the many large train layouts. They were the best we've ever seen, and we've seen quite a few. The layouts were even set up so that visitors could operate them. The buddies started train after train and also enjoyed turning the many accessories - like traffic signals, spotlights, and train whistles - on and off. We could have stayed all day but decided to move on after 2 1/2 hours.




Afterwards, we took the buddies for a special lunch inside a real train at the Red Caboose Restaurant. The food was marginal but we just couldn't beat sitting in an antique dining car. We even had a view of the Strasburg Rail Road and watched a few of the excursions depart. We also walked the grounds of the Red Caboose Motel, where guests slumber in actual antique train cars.






Next year, we'll check out the Choo Choo Barn or maybe the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. We could visit this little town yearly and not run out of places the buddies want to see.

Check out the rest of our train pictures here.