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San Diego Model Railroad Museum |
92101 San Diego, CA, United States of America (USA) (California) |
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1649 El Prado Suite 4
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| Floor area | 2 508 m² / 27 000 ft² |
Museum typ
Model Railway
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Opening times
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Tuesday - Friday: 11am-4pm; Saturday, Sunday: 11am-5pm
Martes – Viernes: 11:00–4:00; Sábados – Domingo, 11:00–5:00
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Status from 04/2013
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Adults $8; Children 14 and under are Free | ||||
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| Homepage | www.sdmrm.org | ||||
sdmrm.org 
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| Location / Directions |
The San Diego Model Railroad Museum is Located in the Heart of Balboa Park in the Lower Level of Casa De Balboa Building along with the San Diego History Center and Museum of Photographic Arts. When entering the building go to the center and down the central staircase. |
| Description | At 27,000 sq. ft., the museum is the largest indoor model railroad displays in USA and the only accredited railroad themed museum in USA. The individual HO and N scale layouts are among largest of their type. Construction of the model railroads is accomplished by volunteer club members.
With an interactive Toy Train Gallery, the San Diego Model Railroad Museum is fun for the whole family. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: There are two massive HO scale layouts, a 1,200 sq ft (110 m2) N scale layout, a 2,700 sq ft (250 m2) O scale layout, and a Lionel type 3-Rail O gauge Toy Train gallery. Cabrillo & Southwestern (O scale). This 2,700 sq ft (250 m2) layout is a freelance representation of a route from San Diego to Sacramento. Pacific Desert Lines (N scale). Based on a rail line that was surveyed but never built, this 1,200 sq ft (110 m2) layout features handlaid Code 40 track (0.040 inches - 1 mm high) and 33 scale miles (1,089 actual feet - 331 m) of mainline track. San Diego & Arizona Eastern RR (HO scale). This 4,500 sq ft (420 m2) layout is based on the prototype San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway line from San Diego Union Station eastward through spectacular Carriso Gorge to the desert floor at El Centro. Tehachapi Pass (HO scale). This two-level layout represents the joint Southern Pacific / Santa Fe railroad from Bakersfield to Mojave, California of the 1950s, including the Tehachapi Loop. The model is unique for its size and geographic fidelity. Thousands of photographs of the prototype were used to closely model the details of the actual area with nearly curve-for-curve and switch-for-switch accuracy. Toy Train Gallery (3-Rail O gauge). This gallery features operating toy trains of "Lionel type" 3-Rail O gauge, a collection of rare Lionel and American Flyer cars from the 1920s though the 1950s, and modern toy trains from Lionel, MTH, K-Line, and Atlas-O. |
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