Entry No. 7 — the San Diego file — filed under: model-trains

San Diego Model Railroad Museum

North America's largest model railroad museum at 27,000 square feet, built and still tended by four rival local model-railroad clubs, including a 4,500-square-foot HO-scale recreation of the actual San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway route through the desert.

The move: Crouch to track level to watch tiny trains cross real Southern California terrain in miniature — Tehachapi Pass, the Anza-Borrego desert — then compete to spot the smallest hidden detail in the dioramas.

• 📍 Balboa Park, San Diego
• 💸 $
• ⚡ Up for anything
• 🌗 Indoors

Where: 1649 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101

Hours: Added 2026-07-19 — confirm current hours before you go.

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Further reading: sdmrm.org · Wikipedia

last checked: 2026-07-19