Travel Town Museum
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| Established | December 14, 1952 |
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| Location | 5200 Zoo Drive Los Angeles, California 90027 United States |
| Coordinates | 34°9′16″N 118°18′27″W / 34.15444°N 118.30750°WCoordinates: 34°9′16″N 118°18′27″W / 34.15444°N 118.30750°W |
| Founder | Charley Atkins |
| Owner | Los Angeles Department of Recreation & Parks |
| Website | Museum website |
Travel Town Museum is a transport museum dedicated on December 14, 1952, and located in the northwest corner of Los Angeles, California's Griffith Park. The history of railroad transportation in the western United States from 1880 to the 1930s is the primary focus of the museum's collection, with an emphasis on railroading in Southern California and the Los Angeles area.
The railroad museum portion contains 43 full-scale railroad engines, cars and other rolling stock.
Their collection of 17 locomotives includes:
Tickets can be purchased to ride the Travel Town Railroad, a 16 in (406 mm) gauge miniature railway for two circles around the museum grounds. This railway originally ran a train known as the Melody Ranch Special, which was once owned by Gene Autry. Its namesake originates from the Gene Autry film Melody Ranch. The passenger coaches are now covered and the original steam engine (which was sabotaged beyond economical repair) has been replaced with Courage, a chain-driven internal combustion motor housed within a façade representing a steam locomotive. This railroad is one of three miniature railway train rides within Griffith Park. The others are the 18 1⁄2 in (470 mm) gauge Griffith Park & Southern Railroad and the 7 1⁄2 in (190.5 mm) gauge miniature railway at the Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum. The latter is independently operated.
The Travel Town Museum at one time also ran the 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge Crystal Springs & Southwestern Railroad starting in 1955, which utilized the museum's equipment acquired from the Oahu Railway and Land Company.
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