RailGiants Train Museum Hours

 

RailGiants Train Museum is open on the second full weekend of each month. Our hours of operation are from approximately 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., during the summer months. RailGiants is located on the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona. During open days at RailGiants, visitors can walk around all locomotives and railcars and buy train souvenirs in our Depot Gift Shop. By walking up stairways into each giant locomotive, you can see into the cabs where engineers and firemen operated these large engines down the tracks of the nation’s rail network. Visitors are welcome to join us while maintenance and rehabilitation work is in-progress and ask our volunteer museum staff members any questions.
Admission to RailGiants Train Museum is always free. During the Los Angeles County Fair event, RailGiants is part of The County Fair and there is no additional cost to enter RailGiants after purchasing an admission ticket to The County Fair. Any donation to help maintain our equipment is optional, but always welcome. The excellent conditional of our historic railroad equipment is achieved by the generous donations of past visitors and the help of our volunteer members.
Please note: when the scheduled Sunday falls on Mother's Day or Easter, the museum will be closed on that Sunday.
Check the Event Schedule page for our current schedule of days and hours.
If you need to make arrangements to see RailGiants Train Museum on a day when we are not normally open, or for filming for television and motion pictures, please send us a message on our Contact Us page, or call the Museum Depot on 909-623-0190.

Rail Meetings

Join us monthly for updates, programs and visiting with your fellow members. Meetings are usually held on the first Tuesday of the month at 7:30pm, except during the summer months. For the most up-to-date information about our schedule of meetings, please refer to our Event Schedule page, or our monthly newsletter, the Observation Platform (O.P.). Any questions, comments, or suggestions about our meetings? Sent us a message on our Contact Us page.
Our meetings are held in The Cowan’s Room, St. Edmund's Church in San Marino, near Huntington Drive and San Gabriel Boulevard.
Throughout the year, we educate and entertain our members, the rail-fan community, and anyone who is rail-curious about railroad history, rail transportation of today, and the plans for the future. Admission is free

Tuesday, September 10, 2013 – Rail Meeting 7:30pm

St. Edmund's Church – Cowan’s Room
1175 San Gabriel Blvd
San Marino CA
History of Railroad Passenger Advocacy
Presented by Paul Dyson

Tuesday night, Paul Dyson, president of Rail Passenger Association of California (RailPAC) will explain what role rail passenger advocacy groups perform in the development and improvements in passenger trains during the last 40 years.
Paul is also Chairman of the City of Burbank Transportation Commission.
Directions to St. Edmund's Church
From Interstate 210:
Take the San Gabriel Boulevard/Sierra Madre Boulevard exit. Go south (away from the mountains). The church is just over a mile south of the freeway on the right-hand side, just before Huntington Drive.
From Interstate 10:
Take the San Gabriel Boulevard Exit. Go north (towards the mountains). The church is 4 miles north of the freeway. Cross Huntington Drive and turn left into the parking lots.
The Cowan's Room is in a smaller building behind the main church and chapel buildings from the San Gabriel Blvd side.

2013 Meeting Topics

September 10, 2013
History of Railroad Passenger Advocacy
October  1, 2013
Vintage “stereographic” railroad photos
November  5, 2013
The Last Union Pacific Passenger Trains in Los Angeles
December  3, 2013
To be announced