Train Mountain Railroad Museum — Attraction in Klamath Falls

I could not have been more pleased with the friendliness and the helpfulness of those involved in hosting this major live steam event. It was a pleasure being there. And a pleasure running my old Atlantic at this facility. The six days that were spent there were a blast. Thank you all. In response to your invitation back to your facility. At 75 yrs. of age, I would have loved to return one more time. BUT, due to the banning of my kind of steam locomotive(coal burning), I've decided to venture to other live steam facilities, where they still allow coal burners to run. Rather than go to Train Mountain, where my engine, and ultimately myself, are not welcome any longer.

As I can see, your response is a 'bit angry'. That is your prerogative, of course. But, my first review was totally honest and heartfelt. I certainly hope that youall know that. BTW. I also attended in 2012. That being said. I have been 'beat up' by people that don't know me, or my engine. I've been 'hammered' by these same people , that I should convert my 21+ year old engine to propane, in order to run at Train Mountain. I don't know how their engines are built,,,,, and they don't know how mine is built(built., beginning in 1974, before some of them were born or in the hobby). If I am un-knowing of the circumstances behind the banning of coal(wood and oil) burners, as you stated in your response to my review, it would make things much easier to understand if ALL of the underlying reasons would be made known to the general 'live steamer' that has ideas of attending this most major meet at your facility. As a past president of the Florida Live Steamers Organization, and the Largo Central Railroad, I, in no way am trying to tell you or anyone else in the Train Mountain organization, how to run your group. But, clearer information about the 'solid fuel ban' would have certainly put a stop, somewhat, to the negative barbs, that have been thrown at me. And at others that I know in the East. To repeat myself, I had a wonderful time visiting with you guys both in 2012 and 2015. And, again, at 75, I had sincerely hoped that I could make one more trip to Train Mountain. It is 6400 miles from my home. So, much thought has to go into that kind of trip, for me. And, converting my old engine, to run at ONE track, seemed unreasonable, to me. I sincerely wish for a great meet for youall. Many of my closest friends will be there.( Chuck Hackett, Pete Newcomb, Steve Moscoto, Bruce Saylor, Dave Johnson, and a few others). I would have loved to be there. Perhaps at my age, for the last time. But, for me anyway, it wasn't to be. I appreciate your good thoughts on my other visits. Thank you, sincerely, Bruce...

A most amazing place!

This place we were stopping just to see the railroad was in portions where they have nicely restored and painted railroad equipment most of which you can climb into an inspect, but this is just a sidebar to what's really going on

If you love trains you must come to see the 1/8 scale railroad that they have set up. Free admission free train rides on the 8th scale equipment and viewing of more miles of 8 gauge rack than any place in the world.

To say this is a world-class facility is understating the enormous effort and productive work that is going on to create this amazing Railroad

They have almost 35 miles of track which any member can take his train and enjoy, and membership was extremely reasonable and in fact downright cheap!

They have events which over 160 different 1/8 gauge trains not just engines for complete trains for present and being run. The smiles on the participants faces and the amazing side of this mini small scale but actually operating railroad locomotives complete with cars and cabooses is a site to behold.

We only had a short time we could spend as we had an appointment Downstream but the people there were extremely friendly helpful informative and we now have marked this is a must to do again I hope I don't get bitten too hard and have to get myself an 1/8 gauge engine and train so I can come and play and write on my own train.

They have everything you could dream of here a Cooperative shared shop with all the tools you need to repair work on and build locomotives, storage spaces fueled upos and the most amazing track you can operate on I've ever seen for small gauge railroads. Even more amazing they plan to extend the track significantly further in the future.

For any train buff this is a must see stop that you are not likely to forget. Whether it's their massive switchyard, they're huge Roundhouse, all the miniature facilities to service the trains including signals and track control, where necessary..

They also seem to have fuel for any type of engine you can bring whether propane powered steam fuel powered steam electric or gasoline engine powered they've got it all.

Meeting facilities and members can park their RVs for free overnight, no facilities just parking, but still an awesome deal and an amazing place to see and visit...

Wanted to love it here, the train ride was fun and the engineer was incredibly passionate and knowledgeable! The landscaping is amazing and wildlife interacted very cutely and organically with the scale town sets. The trains we could go inside were really cool and a little creepy and well-aged in places! But the volunteer staff at the front desk repeatedly misgendered me and made assumptions about my relationship to my child and parents, which were contrary to what was clearly stated to them seconds earlier. I felt othered and glared at by some of the other wandering volunteers, and they made a number of attempts to get my kid to wander away from me to talk to them, which made myself and my partner deeply uneasy. There is a lot of dogwhistley memorabilia for the right-wing concept state of "Jefferson" scattered in prominent locations. There is a lot of information required to fill out safety waivers, and it felt like the volunteer was watching very intently while I typed my name, which was not comfortable and felt targeted towards only myself, as my mother was clearly struggling next to me and ended up having to ask for a second form to fill in with information she missed the first time around. This is not somewhere to come with your openly queer or marginalized friends or family unless you are fully prepared for the energy, but then again, it is central Oregon. It would be interesting to see if the attitude or energy shift at all during large events, or if it is always like this. I'm really saddened to have had to deal with this during a visit I'd dreamed of for many years, and it's unlikely that I'll come back without enough safe/protective people to...