National Toy Train Museum

Category: Rail museum

Address: 300 Paradise Ln, Ronks, PA 17572, USA

Phone: +17176878976

Opening hours

Sunday: 10AM–5PM

Monday: Closed

Tuesday: Closed

Wednesday: Closed

Thursday: Closed

Friday: Closed

Saturday: 10AM–5PM

Reviews

Melanie Markowski

Oct 9, 2022

Anything you ever wanted to know about model trains! Every size imaginable! Dozens of interactive buttons to push. Great handicap accessibility! Friendly staff :)

Tom Rodgers

Sep 26, 2022

There are several interactive layouts

Jim Calciano

Sep 24, 2022

Small museum but contains several large layouts in various gauges that have running trains and operating accessories.

Mark Ling

Sep 18, 2022

I have no background for collecting model train, but I am a car model collector. From my Perspective, somebody put their heart and soul in this museum, especially in the place it’s kind of remote. I understand some of people criticize this place is lack off educational material, but ask yourself what you could do? In a place lack of locals and probably helpers, it’s a Gem. Remember Lionel toy company bankrupt couple times, we are lucky to see those toy train still in motion.

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Questions & Answers

I didn't get a satisfactory answer last year so I'll try again. Why are they open weekdays in the summer but not December? I would think there would be peak interest in toy trains leading up to Christmas; summer, not so much. Makes no sense.

Paul Gharett | Oct 13, 2020
National Toy Train Museum | Oct 13, 2020

“The Museum’s open times are geared to when the greatest number of visitors are likely to attend. You are correct that Christmas is a very special time for toy trains, and at http://nttmuseum.org/events/Holidays2019.pdf you can see some special holiday events. Since our location in Lancaster County, PA may require a bit of travel for some visitors, we have found that the Holiday visitation on weekends this time of year is higher on weekends than during the week. Since the effort to run all of our trains and provide staff can be costly, we match the hours to the attendance patterns. In addition, running all of our trains incurs the need for maintenance so that we can keep them in best performance for when the crowds come. We appreciate your interest.”

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Is this place wheelchair accessible?

Bill Riviello | Oct 14, 2019
Tim Horne | Oct 14, 2019

Yes it is

How much time do people normally spend here?

Karen Martin | Oct 14, 2019
National Toy Train Museum | Oct 14, 2019

approximately 1 hour

Why aren't they open weekdays in December, but they're open weekdays in the summer? You'd think there would be more interest at Christmas time than in the summer.

Paul Gharett | Oct 14, 2019
Paul Gharett | Oct 14, 2019

Wouldn't summer be the off-season for toy trains?

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Can you put me in touch with buyers of old Lionel train things? Thank you.

James Farrell | Oct 14, 2019
Shiva Shankar | Oct 14, 2019

May be you can contact the toy train museum reception to get some contacts or search in Google for buyer's.

what is senior and age 7 ticket ptices

robert smith | Oct 14, 2018
Shiva Shankar | Oct 14, 2018

Senior 65 and above $6 Children 6 and above $4

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Is this place closed tomorrow (Tuesday, March 27)

Logun “Atomic” Platt | Oct 14, 2018
David Reinert | Oct 14, 2018

I think they closed till York two weeks away.

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Trying to get a couple of days off in the middle of the week starting April 4. What will their days / hours be April 4-5-6?

Alan Steadman | Feb 15, 2022
National Toy Train Museum | Feb 15, 2022

Thanks for reaching out, Alan. Unfortunately, the National Toy Train Museum is usually only open on weekends in April, and that's the case this year as well. There are a few exceptions, though neither of the exceptions match the days of your prospective visit: 1) We're open Friday-to-Monday on Easter Weekend—April 15–18. 2) We're open the whole last week of April due to a large member event (the York Train Show) in the area—April 23–May 1. We plan to put our calendar up on our website shortly (link to our visitor information page: https://www.tcatrains.org/museum/museum-visit/). Let me know if you have any further questions.

Do they offer wheelchairs or buggies for handicap?

Joshua Kramer | Oct 13, 2021
Sparkler. Net | Oct 13, 2021

I did not see any on site handicap equipment, how ever it’s very roomy and if you has a , say wheelchair of sorts , you would have plenty of room and no one would be in your way - very roomy isle ways . Enjoy ~

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