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Sunday, December 11, 2005

All Aboard

One Franklin Avenue reader listed Griffith Park's Travel Town as a treasure of vanishing Los Angeles, and we'd have to agree.

I took Blogger Baby to check out Travel Town on Saturday, and he loved the very kid-friendly train-centric outdoor museum. It's hard not to be impressed by the massive early-20th century locomotives or get caught up in the enthusiasm of the train-loving volunteers. Some shots:


The minature train that circles the park -- Evan's first train ride!


A recently built train depot now covers and protects much of Travel Town's collection


Do the locomotive


Western Pacific logo


It's not what you think -- at least I don't think it's what you think


Volunteers are slowly resoring Union Pacific Railroad Dining Car #369 back to how it looked during its days as an elegant dining car in the 1920s


A one-time circus train car


L.A. Gas and Electric Co.

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