The Toy Train Depot
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The Toy Train Depot, Inc., commonly known as The Toy Train Depot is a store
and railroad museums
that features scale models of train
locomotives and passenger and freight cars in Alamogordo, New Mexico
.
The Toy Train Depot is also home to America's Park Ride Train Museum, which runs the Alamogordo/Alameda Park Narrow Gauge Railway, a working sixteen-inch-gauge track rail line that visitors can ride for a nominal fee. The store and museum are non-profit, and are run by the Toy Train Depot Foundation.
In January 2007 the Alamogordo McDonald's donated their Ronald's Railroad, full-sized, standard-gauge caboose to the museum. The caboose is now in a high-visibility location on US-54/70, alerting potential visitors to the museum's location.
Guided tours by volunteer docents are available upon request.
in Torrance, New Mexico at the junction of the New Mexico Central Railroad and the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad. Later, the building was moved to Corona, New Mexico
, where it remained for 75 years, serving the Rock Island and Southern Pacific
railroads. The building retains its original stamped tin ceiling tiles as well its dispatcher's bay window. Visit www.toytraindepot.homestead.com
Toy store
A toy store or toy shop is a retail business specializing in selling toys. No longer held to the limitations of a physical outlet, many toy shops now do business over the Internet. Many department stores have toy sections.-External links:...
and railroad museums
Railway museum
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives , railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment.See List of railway museums...
that features scale models of train
Train
A train is a connected series of vehicles for rail transport that move along a track to transport cargo or passengers from one place to another place. The track usually consists of two rails, but might also be a monorail or maglev guideway.Propulsion for the train is provided by a separate...
locomotives and passenger and freight cars in Alamogordo, New Mexico
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Alamogordo is the county seat of Otero County and a city in south-central New Mexico, United States. A desert community lying in the Tularosa Basin, it is bordered on the east by the Sacramento Mountains. It is the nearest city to Holloman Air Force Base. The population was 35,582 as of the 2000...
.
The Toy Train Depot is also home to America's Park Ride Train Museum, which runs the Alamogordo/Alameda Park Narrow Gauge Railway, a working sixteen-inch-gauge track rail line that visitors can ride for a nominal fee. The store and museum are non-profit, and are run by the Toy Train Depot Foundation.
In January 2007 the Alamogordo McDonald's donated their Ronald's Railroad, full-sized, standard-gauge caboose to the museum. The caboose is now in a high-visibility location on US-54/70, alerting potential visitors to the museum's location.
Guided tours by volunteer docents are available upon request.
The Toy Train Depot's building
The building that houses the museum began its life in 1898 as a working train depotTrain station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
in Torrance, New Mexico at the junction of the New Mexico Central Railroad and the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad. Later, the building was moved to Corona, New Mexico
Corona, New Mexico
Corona is a village in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, located on U.S. Route 54. The population was 165 at the 2000 census.Corona is the closest habitation to a purported UFO crash in 1947 about 30 miles to the southeast...
, where it remained for 75 years, serving the Rock Island and Southern Pacific
Southern Pacific Railroad
The Southern Pacific Transportation Company , earlier Southern Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Company, and usually simply called the Southern Pacific or Espee, was an American railroad....
railroads. The building retains its original stamped tin ceiling tiles as well its dispatcher's bay window. Visit www.toytraindepot.homestead.com