Tiny Town Railroad

The Tiny Town Railroad has a little bit different story than other similar places. Many of the park railroads built a railroad then added hokey buildings for decoration. At Tiny Town they build a bunch of hokey buildings for people to come see then built a railroad around the buildings. I don't mean to be critical, the hokey buildings were originally built, starting in 1915, as a gift to the founders daughter. He never intended to display them to the public. But word got out and people wanted to see this "tiny town" so by 1920 it was opened to the public. It's history after that is beset with the misfortune of floods and fires but eventually it became a community project and has of late been quite successful. The railroad boasts four engines, two steam (real steam) and two diesel and a roundhouse with a turntable. The trip around the periphery of Tiny Town crosses Turkey Creek twice and affords a view of most all of the miniature buildings without the walk. The steam engine that pulled our train had a really nice whistle.