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Location
What you should know
Best time
Train rides only operate on Sundays during summer months (1-4PM departing from Joy Park), but the depot museum is open 1-4PM every Sunday year-round. Visit on a non-summer Sunday if you want to see the museum and rolling stock collection without the train ride.
Visitor tip
After your train ride ends, ask the conductor for a quick tour of the front of the train - this insider experience is available upon request and provides additional educational value at no extra cost.
Visitor tip
The train ride is relatively short (approximately 45 minutes) and crosses through active Mt. Clemens city streets where traffic stops for the gates. Set expectations accordingly - this is more about the authentic railroad experience and novelty of crossing roads than a long scenic journey.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Historic Railroad Museum
- Founded
- 1974
- Main Attractions
- Train rides, historic depot tours, rolling stock collection
- Hours
- Sundays 1-4PM year-round
- Operated By
- All-volunteer nonprofit organization
What visitors say
I love trains and I truly appreciate the hard work the staff and volunteers put in to make the trains accessible for visitors. We crossed a busy road on the way and back entertaining motorists with waves. Affordable. Nostalgic. May…
It was a fun short little train ride (from the Joy Blvd Park). The kids loved it, lots of cute books and trinkets to purchase if you want as well. If you go to the front of the train after the ride is over you can ask the conductor for…
Let me first say...It's all about the kids!!! I don't know what I expected but this was not it. The train was real. We did ride across the real city of Mt. Clemens, where traffic has to stop and the gates do come down. It is a quick…
From 86 Google reviews
Did You Know?
- The Historic Grand Trunk depot was built in 1859, making it over 160 years old and a significant example of 19th-century railroad architecture
- Train rides operate across actual city streets in Mt. Clemens where traffic signals and crossing gates are activated for the trains, creating a unique operating experience within an urban environment
- The museum operates two separate locations: the depot museum in Mt. Clemens (open year-round Sundays 1-4PM) and the train rides departing from Joy Park in Clinton Township (Sundays 1-4PM during summer months)
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