Train Mountain Railroad Museum

The Train Mountain Institute owns Train Mountain and operates it for educational purposes.

Train Mountain Railroad is the world’s largest miniature hobbyist railroad near Chiloquin, Oregon, in Klamath County, which is in the south central region of Oregon. It is situated between Klamath Falls, Oregon, approximately 26 miles (42 km) to the south, and Crater Lake National Park to the north.

In the 2004 Guinness World Records, Train Mountain is recognized as the “Longest Miniature Hobby Railroad”. At the time Train Mountain was recognized by Guinness, it was reported to have 69,900 feet (13.24 mi; 21.3 km) of 7 1/2 in (190.5 mm) gauge mainline track and 133,250 feet (25.237 mi; 40.61 km) of total track including yards, sidings, spurs, and connector tracks. During the following years, approximately 10 additional miles (16 km) of new track has been added.

A fantastic fun time for all ages

What a fantastic place for train-lovers and explorers of all ages! The staff are mostly volunteers, and my goodness, they are so passionate and knowledgeable about trains and model building. We really didn't know what to expect, but everyone had a blast! We were able to take a ride on a large model-train around miles of track that circled the property. Along the way, we saw model buildings and pretty scenery. The ride took probably 15-20 minutes, which was amazing considering it was FREE! The site operates by donation only. Afterward, we took a look at some of the real historic train cars and ate our picnic lunch in their lovely playground area. Everything is so well cared for and the staff could not be kinder. We were grateful to chat with Mr. and Mrs. Ward, who just left us smiling all day. Thank you for a wonderful visit!

Cute but not worth our time (with babies)

We were staying in the area to see Crater Lake and saw a sign for this randomly. We never knew it was here otherwise! So, the morning that we left, we left a little early and spent an hour here as our son loves trains! To preface it, at the time, our twins were a little over 15 months old so barely walking (well) and not about learning anything. So our experience was probably considerably less than someone else's would be. We only went to one little section and walked around. But it didn't seem like there was much else to go to. Perhaps there were things further away, hidden in the trees or something but you'd see a little thing here and then one or two things over there but everything was so spread out and with little kids and little time, nothing really made sense to go and explore. Perhaps older kids/adults or people with a lot of time would get more enjoyment out of this attraction or have the time to go and find everything but we had no idea where to start.

Largest Miniature Train Museum in World!

There is a self-guided tour of the full size train cars on the property. The train tour is in a 1/8th scale train that rides on some of the 37 miles of track. The train goes by villages, signs, water towers, mill, etc that are on a scale of 2":1'. There is a picnic area with playground. It is all forested and beautiful. It is run by volunteers and just asks for a donation. Plus the business participates in the Harvest Host program. There isn't an actual museum...it is all outside.

a huge disappointment! Waste of time!

It's really bad, everything is closed and has been closed for 6 months.... though they didn't update anything on the website. Drove 100 miles to visit, web site says 10-2 m-f. Got there at 11 and everything is locked up. Called and asked, a woman told us its closed and doesn't know when or if they'll ever open... when we told them they should update the website, she actually hung up on us!!! They obviously don't care and were so rude we will never ever go back.

Train Mountain Railroad Museum

A fantastic fun time for all ages

Cute but not worth our time (with babies)

Best train museum ever

Largest Miniature Train Museum in World!

a huge disappointment! Waste of time!

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