Travel Town Museum Foundation

The Travel Town Foundation depends on volunteers to help with gardening, recycling and restoration. While Travel town was closed for covid a group of dedicated volunteers continued to work on restoration. Next time you are in the park look out for the 3025 and it's new paint along with the SMV 1000 and the 664. We couldn't do our work without these amazing volunteers. #thankyou #volunteersaretheheartandsoul

The Foundation is pleased to announce that the Train Ride will be open this weekend. Follow social distancing guidelines and wear your mask. MORE WHISTLE STOPS have been added to our Whistle Stop Tour Program! Learn about the trains at Travel Town by scanning the QR codes on the different pieces of equipment. Renew those memberships! Sandy will be out in front of the Gift shop on Saturday, and we are still having a Track Gang Soda special! Ask her for details. Hope to see you there.--ALL ABOARD!!

Keep your eye out !!! While we have been closed to the public the restoration has not stopped thanks to some amazing and dedicated volunteers . Next time you are in the park keep an eye out for the newly painted 3025, Santa Maria 1000 and the 664 We are also chugging along with the Hunter Point. The vestibule has received a much needed rebuild included the retractable stairs that are now functioning

The Museum is re-opening on April 17th and 18th!! The Train Ride will not be running this weekend The Museum will be open on Saturdays and Sundays ONLY from 10 to 4. The train ride will NOT be running this weekend ... Please, follow standard rules for Covid wear your masks, no social gathering, stay 6 feet away from others not in your household. The L.A. County Health Protocols will be on display outside of the store we have to follow them to be open, so please, be patient and courteous. Your membership discount in the shop is available and we will be offering a 4 pack of Reading soda for only $5!!! If you renew your membership at the Track Gang level, your 4-pack will be FREE!!! #traveltown #LAparent #Trains #griffithpark

Finished the boiler! The right photos are the before and after!

At least someone’s enjoying the picnic areas while the Museum is closed!

This is our next project! Visit our Facebook fundraising page: Https:/www.facebook.com/donate/849424365807691/

This weeks worth of work revealed black and burgundy finished on the tender of the Mariposa! We have the upper lip and the edge of the running board to prime and paint in gold, so if you’d like to come out and help, let us know. The tim will be hand painted, and we are willing to TRAIN!

This weeks worth of work revealed black and burgundy finished on the tender of the Mariposa! We have the upper lip and the edge of the running board to prime and paint in gold, so if you’d like to come out and help, let us know. The tim will be hand painted, and we are willing to TRAIN!

Trim on tender gets first coat this week!

My dream team employees and a Scout Volunteer are re-painting the General in Holdens Corner today! @ Travel Town Museum Foundation

My dream team employees and a Scout Volunteer are re-painting the General in Holdens Corner today! @ Travel Town Museum Foundation

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There’s a lot happening in the world right now like there was in 1918 when this Heisler Locomotive was built. It was originally used to haul materials for a dam used for a water supply for San Francisco. At Travel Town since 1957, it serves as a reminder on today’s spring equinox to keep working toward something positive (and to keep washing your hands) . . .... #traveltown #griffithpark #heislerlocomotive #thingstodoinla #locomotive #railroadhistory See more

Due to a Mayoral Directive, Travel Town Museum will be closed to the public through March 31, 2020. Please call (323) 662-5874 if you have any questions. With growing health concerns, it’s been decided in everyone’s best interest to close Travel Town to the public until the end of the month of March . If anyone had planned tours or events during the time of this closure, keep an eye and ear out for our communication about them... . Thank you for understanding and hoping everyone the best .

#didyouknow this half-pink, half-green train was originally red as it was once part of Los Angeles’ Red Car transit system? It was donated to Travel Town after its makeover and has become a clear photo favorite to our visitors . . . #traveltown #locomotive #griffithpark #railway #railhistory #thingstodoinla #railroad #losangeles #losangeleshistory #laredcar #pacificelectric #railhistory @ Travel Town Museum Foundation

Tim Gneier leads Travel town volunteers in building a track panel to house some narrow gauge trucks behind our volunteer center

Here’s one of our volunteers from Saturday getting some painting done on our Union Pacific Dining Car that's turning 100 yrs old next year! This Saturday is Orientation Day for new volunteers and we always need help with our many restoration projects and other tasks around the museum Can’t volunteer but want to help restore this beauty back to its original glory? Follow this link to donate: https://traveltown.networkforgood.com//89800-union-pacific... . . . #traveltown #diningcar #locomotive #loungecar #griffithpark #railway #railhistory #thingstodoinla #railroad See more

We choo-choo-choose you! Happy Valentine’s Day from our red as a beating heart switch locomotive Charley who was named after Travel Town’s founder, Charley Atkins . . . #traveltown #locomotive #losangeles #charleyatkins #griffithpark #thingstodoinla #lamuseums #trains #railway #railroadphotography #railroad

Flashback to 1972, when Mama Cass came to Travel Town to shoot her album art for The Road Is No Place For A Lady. She is picture in front of the M-177 and the Union Pacific Dining Car #3669. It was the fifth and final studio album released by Cass Elliot. @ Travel Town Museum Foundation

We have started a new donation site! Want to contribute specifically for our 2020-2021 Diner #369 restoration project? Click the link to help! https://traveltown.networkforgood.com//89800-union-pacific

Happy New Year from Travel Town! This year we will be celebrating the 99th birthday of the Union Pacific Dining Car #3669 by restoring it to its former glory. Our volunteers are already hard at work replacing the windows. We will also be restoring the beautiful mahogany throughout the dining car since it accumulated many layers of paint during its years in service. Keep on the lookout for upcoming fundraisers and volunteer orientations. We will be sure to share more videos and photos of our progress.