Special Events

RailGiants is open on selected weekends and during The Los Angeles County Fair

RailGiants Train Museum is open on the second full weekend of each month. Our hours of operation are from 10am until 5pm. RailGiants is located in the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California. During our open house weekends at RailGiants, visitors can walk around all locomotives and railcars and buy train souvenirs in our RailGiants Store in the depot. By walking up stairways into each giant locomotive, you can see into the cabs where engineers and firemen operated these large engines down the tracks of the nation’s rail network. 

Admission to the RailGiants Train Museum is always free. During the Los Angeles County Fair event, RailGiants is part of The County Fair, and there is no additional cost to enter RailGiants after purchasing an admission ticket to The County Fair. Any donation to help maintain our equipment is optional, but always welcome. The excellent conditional of our historic railroad equipment is achieved by the generous donations of past visitors and the help of our volunteer members.

Please note: when the scheduled Sunday falls on Easter, the museum will be closed on that Sunday.

Check the Event Schedule page for our current schedule of days and hours.

If you need to make arrangements to see RailGiants Train Museum on a day when we are not normally open, or for filming for television and motion pictures, please send us a message on our Contact Us page, or call the Museum Depot on 909-623-0190.

The Fair is held for 17 days, begins on Thursday, May 7, 2026, and concludes on Sunday, May 31, 2026. RailGiants and the County Fair are closed on some weekdays; check our schedule for specific days. During the County Fair, RailGiants Train Museum is part of the County Fair and is open on every day of the County Fair. However, entry to RailGiants requires purchasing admission to the County Fair. Once inside the County Fair, no additional fees are required to enter RailGiants and see our trains.

Check the Fair’s website for complete information regarding fair dates, times, parking, and costs.

Join us for monthly for updates, interesting programs about railroads, and visiting with your fellow members. Meetings are held on the second Tuesday or second Friday of each month at 7:30pm. For the most up-to-date information about our schedule of meetings, please refer to our Event Schedule page, or our monthly newsletter, the Observation Platform (O.P.). Any questions, comments, or suggestions about our meetings? Send us a message on our Contact Us page.

We moved our Rail Meetings to the internet. See access information below.

 

European Rail and Transit Review 2017
Presented by Harvey Laner

Two videos are planned. First video – during 2017, Harvey Laner had the opportunity video European transit action in Venice, Italy and in Barcelona Spain.

In Venice, highlights include the Vaporetto Water Bus system serving the waterways of Venice Italy. Then a stop to experience the brisk activity at Stazione di Santa Lucia, the main intercity train station of Venice. The Venice Tramway, a rubber tired single rail guided transit vehicle employing the Translohr technology. Then a ride on the Venice People Mover, a public transit system opened in 2010 that connects Piazzale Roma with the city’s Tronchetto island car parking facility, and has a stop midway at the Marittima cruise terminal.

In Barcelona, we ride on one of the 113-year-old Tramvia Blau trams up to Barcelona’s Tibadabo District. The magnetic braked cars are reminiscent of the Los Angeles Railway’s I Line “Maggies.” Then we explore Barcelona’s two modern light rail tram systems, the Trambaix and Trambesòs both operated by the TramMet company. Also included are scenes of Barcelona’s extensive underground metro.

This interesting program covers transit in two of Europe’s very popular and very diverse tourist destinations.

Last video – during July of 2018. Harvey Laner and his wife Shelly cruised Northern Europe.

Harvey was able to video main line rail and city tram action in Dublin and Cork Ireland, Brussels and Antwerp Belgium, Amsterdam Holland, Stockholm Sweden, Helsinki Finland, St Petersburg Russia, Tallinn Estonia and Berlin Germany. Also included is a portion of the ship’s travel through the Kiel Canal, connecting the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.

This comprehensive program gives an excellent understanding of the varied transit operations in the transit capitals of northern Europe.

How to attend our meeting:

• On your computer’s internet browser, go to: RailMeeting.org (this will take you to the Zoom meeting room).
• Password: 3450
• Doors open at 7:15 pm (Pacific Daylight Time).
• Our meeting begins at 7:30 pm, on Friday, September 11, 2026. (Using international time, that’s at 02:30 UTC on Saturday.)

We recommend visiting RailMeeting.org before the meeting to download the most recent version of Zoom software.

Friday
May 8, 2026
Southern Pacific in Southern Arizona

Friday
September 11, 2026
European Rail and Transit Review – 2017 & 2018

Tuesday
October 13, 2026
To be announced

Friday
November 13, 2026
To be announced

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