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Location
Visitor tip
If your child enjoys hands-on train play like connecting cars and laying tracks, note that most model trains are observation-only or behind glass. The hands-on antique locomotive and twice-monthly Saturday train operation events (where kids can control trains) offer the primary interactive experiences.
Visitor tip
Use the provided activity books for your self-guided tour to enhance the educational experience and keep children engaged. Staff are knowledgeable volunteers who are happy to share train history and details if you have questions.
Best time
Visit on a Saturday when train operation events are happening (twice monthly) if your kids want hands-on train control experience and the chance to earn a certificate — this significantly increases the interactive value of the visit.
About New Braunfels Railroad Museum
Museum with train cars & model railroads. Museum displaying a locomotive, train cars & model railroads in a converted rail depot.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Historic Railroad Museum
- Highlights
- Model train displays, hands-on antique locomotive, train operation events
- Admission
- Free
- Duration
- 15 minutes to 1 hour
What visitors say
It was really cool, my grandkids and niece loved it. We got to see some cool trains. My grandson and niece got to control two trains on a tracker and got a certificate for it. We saw another train display with miniature towns and…
Very cute stop. No charge to see the exhibit. I bought a magnet to support the facility. Its run by volunteers so please be kind to the folks there. Its about a good 15 minute exhibit. Fun stop would recommend if you are near by.
Nice place with great exhibits. The antique locomotive allowed for hands on play, touching levers and knobs, but all of the toy trains were to be observed only. They have twice a month on Saturdays a chance for kids to run the trains,…
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Did You Know?
- The museum operates entirely on a volunteer staff, making it a community-run cultural institution
- Offers interactive train operation experiences for children twice monthly on Saturdays where kids can control trains on a tracker and receive certificates
- Housed in a converted historic railroad depot that is well-preserved and serves as both exhibit space and architectural landmark
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