Brick & Mortar Model Train shops in the Pacific Southwest Region

Current as of April 2026

Cajon Division Area

 
Costa Mesa, CA, The Train Crossing http://www.thetraincrossing.com
Corona, CA, HobbyTown USA http://www.hobbytown.com
Hemet, CA, Dynamic Hobbies https://www.dynamichobbieshemetca.com
Temecula, CA, HobbyTown USA http://www.hobbytown.com
Westminster, CA, Arnie's Model Trains www.arnies trains.com
Westminster, CA, Milepost 38 https://www.milepost38.com

Arizona Division area

 
Tempe, AZ, Hobby Depot http://www.thehobbydepot.com

Los Angeles Division area

 
Bellflower, CA, RailMaster Hobbies http://www.railmasterhobbies.com
Burbank, CA , The Train Shack http://www.trainshack.com
Pasadena, CA, The Original Whistle Stop http://www.thewhistlestop.com

San Diego Division area

 
La Mesa, CA, Reed’s Hobby Shop http://www.reeds-hobbies.com

Railroad Attractions in the Pacific Southwest Region

Cajon Division area

 
Barstow, CA, Western America Railroad Museum Currently no active website
Boulder City, NV, Nevada State Railroad Museum https://www.boulderrailroadmuseum.org/
Carson City, NV, Nevada State Railroad Museum https://www.carsonrailroadmuseum.org/
Fullerton, CA, Fullerton Train Museum, So. California Railway Plaza Association https://fullertontrainmuseum.org/
Perris, CA, Southern California Railway Museum (formerly Orange Empire Railroad Museum) https://socalrailway.org/
Sacramento, CA, California State Railroad Museum http://www.csrmf.org/
San Bernardino, CA, San Bernardino Railroad Museum  http://www.sbhistoricalsociety.com/were-at-the-train-station/

Arizona Division area

 
Chandler, AZ, Arizona Railway Museum http://www.azrymuseum.org/
Clarkdale, AZ, Verde Canyon Railroad http://verdecanyonrr.com/
Grand Canyon, AZ, Grand Canyon Railway & Hotel http://www.thetrain.com/
Scottsdale, AZ, McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park http://www.therailroadpark.com/exhibits
Tucson, AZ, Gadsden-Pacific Toy Train Museum https://gadsdenpacific.org/
Tucson, AZ, S. Arizona Transportation Museum http://www.tucsonhistoricdepot.org/
Williams, AZ, Arizona State Railroad Museum http://www.azstaterrmuseum.org/
Winslow, AZ, La Posada Historic District https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Posada_Historic_District

Los Angeles Division area

 
Los Angeles, CA, L.A. Live Steamers RR Museum https://lalsrm.org/
Los Angeles, CA, Travel Town Museum http://traveltown.org/
Lomita, CA, Lomita Railroad Museum http://www.lomita-rr.org/
San Dimas, CA, The Pacific Railroad Museum https://www.pacificrailroadsociety.org/museum
Simi Valley, CA, Santa Susanna Depot Museum https://www.santasusanadepot.org/

San Diego Division area

 
Campo, CA, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum http://www.sdrm.org/
San Diego, CA, San Diego Model Railroad Museum http://www.sdmrm.org/

Railroad Organizations in the Pacific Southwest Region

Cajon Division area

 
Costa Mesa, CA, Orange County Model Engineers http://www.ocmetrains.org/
Riverside Live Steamers http://www.steamonly.org/index.html

Arizona Division area

 
Glendale, AZ, Arizona Model Railroading society http://www.azmodelrr.com/

Los Angeles Division area

 
Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles RR Heritage Foundation http://www.larhf.org/
Los Angeles, CA, Railway & Locomotive Hist. Society http://www.rlhs.org/
Los Angeles, CA, Travel Town Museum Foundation http://traveltown.org/
Pasadena, CA, Electric Railway Historical Association http://www.erha.org/

San Diego Division area

 
San Diego, CA, All Gauge Toy Train Association http://www.agtta.com/
San Diego, CA, San Diego Electric Railway Association http://www.sdera.org/

Railroad Travel

Amtrak http://www.amtrak.com/home
Rocky Mountaineer https://www.rockymountaineer.com/
Vacations by Rail http://www.vacationsbyrail.com/

Other Resources

History of the Texas Railroads https://www.austinrealestate.com/history-of-the-texas-railroads.php
Trolley, Tram and Streetcar History https://www.firsttimedriver.com/history-of-streetcars/