National Toy Train Museum near Lancaster, PA

Located in Amish country, the National Toy Train Museum is home to hundreds of toy trains. The museum hosts a collection of trains from the 1800's to the present. While you are in Lancaster County, take in the relaxing atmosphere. While you make the tour of the covered bridges, and one room schoolhouses, don't forget to stop into the National Toy Train Museum; it is a must see. If you visit once, you will want to go again and again, because it will be your children's favorite place to visit.

The National Toy Train Museum has a huge collection of electric plains; some are on display only as visual exhibits, but others are exhibits that you can touch and operate. You don't have to worry about your children breaking anything, and the caretakers of the exhibits are very helpful. Your children will will remember their trip to the museum for a long time to come.

If you are planning to stay in a motel in the area, what could be better than to stay in the Red Caboose Motel that is right next door to the museum. The motel is made up of 19 old cabooses that were auctioned off in 1969. These cabooses were fully restored into 40 of the most unusual motel rooms. The restaurant in the dining car is inviting, and the horses and buggies traveling on the road is unique to anywhere else but in Amish country. The Toy Train Museum, being convenient to the motel, makes for a good reason to spend more than one day.