Guided Prototype Tours (Extra Fare Buy Here)
Thurs, Sept 4, 2025
Los Angeles Union Station
8:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost includes bus transportation Lunch is on your own at Traxx Restaurant
Los Angeles Union Station is the main railway station in Los Angeles, California and is the largest railroad passenger terminal in the Western United States. Opened in 1939, Los Angeles Union Station is an architectural gem in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. The historic ticket concourse includes a restored 110-foot-long ticket counter crafted from American black walnut, massive bronze chandeliers, and towering 43-foot windows. This space is not typically open to the public. The station features a hand painted, stenciled acoustic ceiling and a quarry tile floor with a mufti-colored marble runner. This tour will offer attendees a behind-the-scenes look at this treasure. When it opened in May 1939 as the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, it consolidated rail service from Union Pacific, Santa Fe, and Southern Pacific Railroads into one terminal station. It is the last of the great railway stations built in the United States. It was added to the National
Register of Historical Places in 1980. The station is the major transportation hub for Southern California, serving almost 110,000 passengers a day. The tour will conclude with a tour of the original Fred Harvey Restaurant, which is also not open to the public.
Lunch at Traxx Restaurant
Friday Sept 5, 2025
Southern California Railway Museum
8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Cost includes bus transportation and lunch
Southern California Railway Museum is the West's largest collection of railway locomotives, passenger cars, freight cars, street cars, interurban electric cars, buildings, and other artifacts dating from the 1870's. Visit the museum to experience the early days of electric, steam and diesel railway transportation. The museum includes collections of equipment from: 1 Pacific Electric - Americas largest interurban electric railway system.2 Southern Pacific – At one time was the most powerful company in California.3 Union Pacific - The last major railroad to complete lines to Los Angeles.4 Santa Fe Railway – One of the nation's largest railway systems.5 Los Angeles Railway – Los Angeles local streetcar system.6 Ventura County Railway No.2 - The Museum's operating Steam engine.7 Santa Fe 5704 – An SD45-2 refurbished to 1976 paint scheme (enroute) This tour includes an option called the “Mini Run One” which allows guests to drive a diesel locomotive for a $25 donation to Southern California Railway Museum.