Indiana Transportation Museum and Forest Park (Noblesville, IN)

Ticket Office

On Sunday we visited the Indiana Transportation Museum at Forest Park in Noblesville.  It was a great way to spend an hour on a Sunday warm, sunny afternoon!  The museum consists of an old ticket office (brought from Hobart, Indiana), a gift shop, and countless train engines, cabooses and cars in various states of restoration.

Desk in the caboose with kerosene lantern

We were able to climb on 3 of the cars and fully explore a caboose. We could sit in the engineer's seat and see what it feels like to drive these powerful machines.  We got to see where the train crew rested and ate.

Driving

In addition,we walked through trains from various eras including passenger cars, tankers, box trucks, etc.  It was fun to walk among so many different trains! This is the perfect place for a train lover of any age.  For those of us less familiar with trains, reading up a little before visiting would be helpful as there was no brochure or overview about the time period or history of each train there.

The Indiana Transportation Museum offers train rides for every train enthusiast! There are frequent trips to Fishers and Noblesville, open air train rides, dinner trains (they take you to a town where you find your own dinner), and special event seasonal train rides.  We did not have the opportunity to explore those, but we will be back! Costs vary, check the website for more information.

The Ticket Office and Gift shop

The Ticket Office and Gift Shop

Following our visit to the Indiana Transportation Museum, we spent time hanging out in Forest Park which boasts two playgrounds (one bigger and one for smaller kids), a swimming pool, a miniature golf course, a full size golf course, a carousel and a walking trail in addition to several picnic shelters.  It was a great place to eat lunch and spend time together as a family. 












Details:
Museum at Forest Park
825 Park Drive
Noblesville, IN 46060

317-773-6000
http://itm.org/

Hours: Saturday and Sunday, Noon-4
Price: Adults $3, Children 12 and under $2