Does your child like Thomas the Tank Engine? The Travel Town Gift Shop has a huge Thomas wooden playset available for birthday parties and playdays.
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Travel Town Museum
A Few Facts Courtesy of Wikipedia
The Travel Town Museum is a transport museum in Los Angeles, California.Located outdoors, in the expansive Griffith Park, the museum's primary collection focus is the history of railroad transportation in the western United States from 1880 to the 1930s, with a particular emphasis on Southern California and the Los Angeles area.
The museum has numerous steam locomotives and other rolling stock on display, and some currently undergoing restoration. Visitors are permitted to climb into the cabs of several steam locomotives as well as some passenger cars and cabooses.
A miniature train operates on the museum grounds.
Admission is Free!
Travel Town was dedicated on December 14, 1952. The museum is open daily, except Christmas, and has free admission.
Kids Love the Miniature Train
A Young Visitor Waves from the Bridge Above
What's the Buzz on Travel Town?
Here's What Bloggers are Saying About the Travel Town Museum
- Ghost Train in Travel Town | Hollywood Gothique
- The Ghost Train will pull back into Griffith Park's Travel Town this Friday, just in time for Halloween. We have never ridden on the Ghost Train, but it.
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- If you are planning to arrange for air or rail travel, make your reservations early to ensure that you will have a seat. You can use your cell phone on trains to make sure your transportation is waiting for you upon arrival, .... Griffith Park ? Home of the Los Angeles Zoo, Griffith Park Observatory, Travel Town, the Greek Theatre, and Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage. Getty Museum ? The Getty's architecture is so beautiful that it keeps me fascinated. ...
- Griffith Park Night Time Halloween Train Ride
- Griffith park operates three separate train rides throughout the year, for Halloween they overtook the miniature train rides located adjacent to Travel Town. Located in between the Forest Lawn Dr. exit and the Victory exit off of the ...
- 14th Annual LADWP Holiday Light Festival
- Reindeer Romp runs from November 26, 2009 through January 3, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Closed on Christmas Day. The LA Zoo is located in Griffith Park on Zoo Drive. Travel Town Train Museum Offers Train Rides to Santa ...
A Retired Passenger Car
Travel Town Museum Foundation
Be a Travel own Engineer ($35)
- A collectible Travel Town Museum Foundation lapel pin
- Subscription to Tender newsletter, filled with info on Travel Town happenings
- 10% discount at the Travel Town Gift Shop with your Patron Member Card
- Invitations for you and a guest to special member-only events, like the Polar Express Pajama Party and Depot Day!
- Click here to find a membership level that is right for you!
Here's my favorite link:
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Current Conditions & Forecast
Current weather conditions in Los Angeles, CA (90027)
Local Pollen Reports
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Los Angeles by Stroller
A City By Stroller Guide (Paperback)
Los Angeles by Stroller (A City By Stroller Guide)
Amazon Price: $11.01 (as of 11/30/2009)
Los Angeles has some of the best cultural attractions in the United States: the Getty Museum, the Hollywood Bowl, the La Brea Tar Pits, Chinatown, and many more. There are any number of guidebooks to help you find each and every one.
But what if you're the parent of one or more stroller-bound preschoolers? How are you supposed to find out answers to the really important questions: Will my stroller fit through the door? Will the place be so boring my kids will scream and want to leave? Will I have to leave early because of some unforeseen scary noise?
Parents of young children now have a guidebook especially for them. In "Los Angeles By Stroller," Shelley-Anne Wooderson takes you to more than one hundred venues and gives you the nitty gritty on each one. Sure, the Getty Museum is one of the best museums in the world, but it's definitely not kid-friendly. And the Hollywood Bowl even has shows for kids, but if you don't book early, you'll never get tickets. And just try riding the shuttle bus with a cranky and restless toddler.
This lighthearted guide filled with humorous asides about the author's own experiences will be enjoyable to any parent of small children.
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Thomas the Tank Engine
Educational Toys and Books
Thomas the Tank Engine Educational Toys and The Thomas Wooden Railway System are also available at the Travel Town Gift Shop.
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"Charley Atkins" Locomotive
Built in 1941 by ElectroMotive Corporation
Travel Town on Twitter
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- At Griffith Park Travel Town for last regular train of the day. http://twitpic.com/rdmik
Mission Statement:
The mission of the Foundation is to educate the public about railroad history as it pertains to the development of the Southwest Region of the United States, particularly the Los Angeles area. We fulfill this mission by restoring, operating, and interpreting the historic railroad equipment at the Travel Town Museum.
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- this looks like a lot of fun!
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