My son loves trains so we had to buy a membership. We can spend hours and hours here - every day if my son lets us. The largest indoor model train museum in the country. My son climbs up the platforms and watches the different trains go by. He lets me know if they are steam, diesel, intermodal, etc... They have a lot of little details on their set-ups. Hobos sitting by a campfire under a railroad trellis, a man sitting on a toilet reading the newspaper (inside one of the buildings), a fair, etc... Most of the set-ups are reproductions of actual railroad scenes (bridges, tunnels, etc...) The staff there consist of younger railroad enthusiasts to older retirees. They are all good with the kids and almost always make the train whistle make noise at my son's request. Occasionally one of them will let my son run the trains. He loves the room where there are buttons where he can run the trains (I think it is the O scale room). They also have a camera mounted on top of one of the trains which is always a big hit with all the kids there. This place is a real local treasure.
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