Toy Train Barn
This find is a true gem.
Toy train barn. Imagination at its finest is a quote from a visit a great place for all ages ladies gents. Visit the toy train barn tuesday through sunday from 10 a m. All toys are bought by myself. The largest layout is the american flyer s gauge collection.
The toy train barn museum argyle wisconsin. This isn t the only great museum in the state. Layouts feature trains of all sizes and gauges. The toy train barn is a model train museum open daily in argyle wi.
Facebook toytrainbarn guthrie s wife jan gives tours of the toy train barn and guides visitors through the various displays and toys being used. Admission 5 00 to museum groups welcomed. Have fun hi parents. The layout features numerous.
Former train engineer buck guthrie turned an abandoned dairy barn into a unique experience for all ages. This is not a theme park with a gourmet coffee booth but it is an awesome collection. The toy train barn opened for public display this past december. I ve had an interest in trains and model railroading since i was a small child.
As per the museum s website call ahead as hours are subject to change. Read about others here. The argyle eastern railroad is a 12 gauge outdoor railroad which runs through deep ravines and large high wood trestles. This video is supposed to review and show the toys.
Guthrie who has played with and collected toy trains since his childhood. The toy train barn is a world of wonder with full displays and dioramas for the toy trains to traverse. Toy train barn is a rural wisconsin attraction featuring the personal toy train collection of buck guthrie. Operating display layouts range from tiny z scale to g scale along with tin plate and depression era toy trains.
7 reviews of the toy train barn museum while visiting friends in the area on a cold sunny winter day they took me over to this place to check out no outdoor trains were operating but the layout was open. The family repainted the barn placed a massive train display inside and acquired other train sets from generous colleagues and friends and in just six months the toy train barn was born. For more information call 608 897 5651. I found the toy train barn while doing recon on google maps for an upcoming vacation.