Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania

I highly recommend this museum --it's amazing! There are trains from many eras, and the whole way it's set up puts you back into a world of what feels like an old fashioned train station. It's very interactive and educational, and it also has a children's play area. You're able to go into some of the trains a bit, others you can walk into a platform to peer inside. There's a nice gift shop that can fit almost every price range as well, and the museum is situated in the stunning Amish Country right across the street from the Strasburg Railroad.

Super giant museum of giant steam engines, carts, miniatures, and many fun sights. You get to go inside many of the passenger carts, conductor and engineer compartments, and marvel at the spectacular size of these classic marvels of engineering and manufacturing. Multi floor with the top housing the large running miniatures which operates like real working trains. Great place to spend a could of hours with the family!

Wow. What a great place to bring your entire family to able to enjoy and learn everything trains. So much volunteer work that has gone into this museum. They have a wonderful clean selection of exhibits on display to experience. You can really appreciate the amount of work that they have achieved for everyone's enjoyment. Thank you

This is a really interesting railroad museum that gives a fairly detailed look at the development of railroads in the United States. The museum isn’t very big—it mainly consists of a large main hall and a smaller room you reach by walking across an elevated walkway. Inside, you’ll find a variety of trains and railcars. Honestly, I’m not sure if they were full-scale models or actual trains, but they felt very real. Some of the cars are open for visitors to walk through, and a few have short documentaries playing inside for learning and reference. The main hall also has smaller rooms with old typewriters and displays that recreate scenes from the past. There’s also a little house with some paintings and miniature trains. Everything was clean and quiet, and the staff were friendly. Best of all—there was air conditioning throughout the entire museum, which was amazing considering how hot it was that day! All in all, it was a fun visit, and if someone asked me for a recommendation in the area, I’d definitely suggest this place!

Excellent value for the experience. We took a little over two hours to explore the museum after riding the Strasburg Railroad. The kids loved the interactive train exhibit and Lego center. There were engaging activities throughout (hand brakes vs air brakes, shoveling coal, etc.) that kept them engaged while the adults could read exhibit signage. We all enjoyed the trains that we could either enter or view through plexiglass. We were transported to another time and experienced a feeling of nostalgia for a time in which we never lived. Highly recommend!

Spectacular museum! Has a large, varied, collection of locomotives across more than a century of rail travel across the region. The facility was one of the most impressive ones I've been to, standing alongside the B&O roundhouse and the gilded halls of York. It is quite large and requires extensive walking, but with how much there is to see your legs can hardly register any tire. Cannot recommend enough!

This is a fantastic museum, one of the best I've ever been to! It was only $10 per adult and we stayed for three hours so the value is great. They have an incredible collection of trains and some really fun model train displays. There is so much to look at, and they have lots of cool interactive features. We went on a weekday and got there when it opened so it wasn't too crowded. We were easily able to buy tickets when we walked in after waiting in a short line. It's a really big museum so it's very open with lots of space to walk around. We were staying at the Red Caboose Motel which is only three minutes away so if you're staying there then this museum is a must-see!

If you like history and admire vintage trains or like toy trains this is the place for you... reasonably priced, lots of history and conveniently located to a steam train ride next door... it was cheaper than the train ride. We spent under 100 bucks with food to do both the train ride and museum. The food prices were more than the museum for 2 hot dogs and 2 drinks. So pack a lunch and save the 26 bucks... Lancaster always impresses me with it allure and historic content.