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The Great American Train Show is the name of what was, for two decades, the largest traveling model train show in the United States. The company was incorporated in 1985 and went defunct in 2006. During the 1990s, the company operated as many as 90 train shows every year in 40 different states.
The Autry Museum of the American West (Autry National Center) is a museum in Los Angeles, California, dedicated to exploring an inclusive history of the American West. Founded in 1988, the museum presents a wide range of exhibitions and public programs, including lectures, film, theater, festivals, family events, and music, and performs ...
Travel Town Museum is a railway 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.
All Aboard! For about 100 years, from the mid 1800s until the middle of the 20th century, railroads ruled the nation. The major rail companies — Southern Pacific, New York Central, Baltimore ...
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway opened its first Fullerton station in 1888. [7]The station has three historic depots on site: one built in 1923 by the Union Pacific Railroad, [8] another built in 1930 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, [7] [9] and the third used by the Pacific Electric starting in 1918.
The Arcade Depot was the main Southern Pacific Railroad passenger railway station of Los Angeles, California between 1888 and 1914. It was located on Alameda Street, between 5th and 6th Streets. This station consolidated intercity services at a location closer to Downtown Los Angeles than the previous terminal, the San Fernando Street Depot.
Southwest Museum of the American Indian (built 1914, closed in 2022) — museum, library, and archive, Autry National Center property. [6] Audubon Center in Ernest E. Debs Regional Park, east side of Arroyo Seco Parkway in the San Rafael Hills. Carlin G. Smith Recreation Center — West Avenue 46 off Figueroa Street. [7]
Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego and Metrolink's Ventura County Line from Los Angeles Union Station to East Ventura stop here. Simi Valley station is served by ten Amtrak Pacific Surfliner trains (five in each direction) every day and two Coast Starlight trains (one in each direction), with departures evenly spaced ...