Los Angeles Train Museums and Attractions

The model railroad operates primarily during the Los Angeles County Fair in September when visitors have a chance to operate the trains along some of the tracks. Otherwise, they have a free Public Run Day on the 2nd Sunday of each month (subject to change).​Rail Giants Museum is operated by the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, Southern California Chapter at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds. The exhibit includes some of the country's most well-preserved locomotives and rolling stock. They also operate the Historic Depot Gift Shop and our Library Archive. Once known as Mike's Train House, MTH Electric Trains is a relative newcomer to the model train industry.

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MTH's founder, Mike Wolf, started assembling and selling trains at the age of 12 in 1973 for Williams Electric Trains, which had begun producing reproductions of vintage trains manufactured by Lionel Corporation, in the early 1970s. By 1980, Wolf was operating a mail order business selling Williams trains and parts out of his bedroom in his parents' home. This now discontinued product line was created as part of a ten-year licensing arrangement between M.T.H. Electric Trains and Lionel LLC. The license expired in May 2019 and no more Lionel Corporation Tinplate products are being produced. Search for all of M.T.H.'s past Lionel Corporation item releases (identified with item numbers that begin with "11") HERE.

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Before the end of 1987, MTH became a Lionel subcontractor, allowing MTH's Lionel reproductions to bear the Lionel name and be marketed by Lionel itself. As part of the agreement, MTH sold Lionel trains product as part of its mail order business. By the early 1990s, MTH was the second-largest mail-order Lionel dealer in the country. LOS ANGELES (AP) — At least 55 people were hurt, two seriously, when a Metro light rail train and a University of Southern California shuttle bus collided Tuesday along a busy thoroughfare in downtown Los Angeles, officials said. As of June 2004, MTH has 57 employees and annual sales of about US$ 40 million.

Mike Wolf's approach was to provide customers with a better quality product when compared to the competition's offerings, but at a lower price. MTH had a troubled relationship with Lionel that ended in April 1993 when MTH decided to re-enter the market with an O scale model of the General Electric Dash 8 diesel locomotive, which Wolf had first offered to produce for Lionel. Turned down, Wolf decided to market the locomotive himself, citing reduced orders from Lionel for MTH's replicas as the reason. Then-Lionel CEO Richard Kughn, who learned of the decision from a flyer at a train show, responded by canceling MTH's Lionel dealership.

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Depending on the day, you might find the 1894 Fred Gurley Engine 3, the 1902 Ward Kimball Engine 4 or the 1925 Ernest S. Marsh Engine 5, all constructed by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. The antique Fred Gurly Engine 3 is the oldest engine running at any Disneyland park. The Disneyland Train Station is also equipped with an interesting selection of authentic antique and vintage railroad equipment from lanterns and clocks to a 1930s instructograph. From 1983 to 1987, MTH marketed the reproduction trains on its own. In 1987, Lionel approached Samhongsa, MTH's subcontractor in South Korea, about manufacturing Standard Gauge trains that bore the Lionel name.

Amtrak trains run the same route in a few minutes less and cost 50% more. Disneyland is a hefty ticket price if all you want to do is ride the Disneyland Railroad, but if you're headed there anyway, a ride on Walt Disney's pet train project is a must. In addition to Locomotives 1 and 2, which were custom designed and built by Walt's personal company for the park opening in 1955, three antique steam engines have been added.

In December 1999, 3 former employees of Samhongsa rival Korea Brass were convicted of industrial espionage in South Korea for stealing and using proprietary M.T.H. designs to produce 2 models for Lionel. In April 2000, M.T.H. again sued Lionel, this time in a US Federal District Court for industrial espionage, citing as evidence original electronic drawing files and the precedent set in the South Korean criminal courts. On June 7, 2004, a jury in Detroit, Michigan found Lionel and its subcontractor Korea Brass guilty and awarded M.T.H. $40.8 million in damages. The following day, Lionel announced it would appeal the verdict.

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LA's biggest and best-known train museum is Travel Town at Griffith Park. This free museum has examples of trains from various time periods lined up on tracks like a railroad station. There's also an exhibit hall with additional railroad and transportation artifacts and memorabilia. Travel Town is on the north (Valley) side of Griffith Park off Zoo Drive. A 16 gauge Train Ride operates around the perimeter of Travel Town.

The Starcraft 40-passenger bus was traveling westbound on Exposition Boulevard with only the driver and one passenger aboard when the collision occurred, according to a statement from USC Transportation. The bus driver and passenger were the two most severely injured, according to fire department officials. Television news footage showed the left side of the red and white bus smashed against the first car of the train. Dave Sotero, a spokesperson for LA Metro, said the bus crossed into the path of an E Line train.

The engine has been replaced, but the cars are from a steam train Gene Autry ran on his Melody Ranch. In 2009 M.T.H. again found itself filing another patent infringement lawsuit. This time around it was against its longtime HO competitor Broadway Limited Imports. Mike Wolf alleged that Robert Grubba, president of Broadway Limited Imports, stole the patented microprocessing technology that synchronizes puffing smoke with the chuffing sound of a locomotive. M.T.H. claimed to have first developed the technology in 2000, according to the suit filed in US District Court in Baltimore. Wolf discovered the infringement when he purchased one of the locomotives in Florida-based BLI’s line.

The interior electronics were from M.T.H. Electric Trains, but the exterior was adorned with the Lionel Corporation graphics. The agreement was to last for a 10 year period, and the decision was made by M.T.H. to not renew it when it expired in May 2019. In June 2020, it was announced that the CEO, Mike Wolf, will be retiring.