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Twin City Model Railroad Museum, Saint Paul, MN

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Twin City Model Railroad Museum

A non-profit model train museum in Saint Paul with hands-on layouts for children and adults.

668 Transfer Road, Suite 8, Saint Paul, MN 55114 · Saint Paul, MN

About Twin City Model Railroad Museum

This non-profit museum in Saint Paul, Minnesota, offers a large interior space filled with model train layouts in several scales. Its centerpiece is a big O-scale display recreating the Twin Cities area, joined by a smaller toy train version of the same region and other layouts covering different eras and modeling methods. Visitors also find railroad artwork and equipment gathered from local lines. Many displays invite touching and pressing buttons, so the place suits small children as well as experienced hobbyists. Evening Night Trains sessions run on select dates during the year.

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