While not the biggest or most impressive railroad museum in the country, the Indiana Transportation Museum sports some incredibly unique rolling stock and has very friendly staff. The train rides are surprisingly cheap and, for 10 dollars, you get unlimited rides behind an old EMD SW1. Please keep this place alive; they deserve to keep running for years to come.
It's in a sad state right now. It feels like it's slowly dying. The train runs in one direction for about 300yrds then goes back. Diesel is poured into the engine using plastic jugs and a funnel. Rarely do you than one other family there so combine that with a junkyard of old trains and it feels sad and lonely.
If you go once there's little reason to come back - that is, unless you have a toddler. We're here quite often because of his love for trains. Locally, it's our best option.
Every time I go I expect a sign announcing their permanent closure. It's a matter of when, not if.
$10 per person but with unlimited rides all day. 15 minute trade ride. Conductor was very passionate about sharing railroad history.
My toddler loved this, you go back and forth when you ride the train but it was perfect for his age and he loved walking around seeing the trains
Disappointed that to do family pictures here they wanted to charge $3 per person, but yet only one train was accessible that day. Not worth the money if nearly everything was unaccessible. Might be worth it if everything was open.
Great place if you love trains, I did the Engineer for an Hour event and I had a blast driving the locomotive back and forth down their track.
On the day we were there, they were doing a Save the Train event with a few info tents and a radio station doing live broadcast. They were also giving free, short train rides on a caboose and a standing-only open-air railcar. We were also able to view the inside of a few of the railcars, such as engines and a luxury car from the 1940s. I'm not sure if this was all available for just the event or not, however.
#SavetheNickelPlate EDIT: RIP ITM. I hate Noblesville
A true rip off10$ a person to ride back and forth 2 times maybe A 1000 ft if thatdon't waste your Money or time. ..get a tooth pulled you'll have a better time.
This is one of the neatest places in Hamilton County. If you like trians, you'll love it. Huge shop where they're rebuilding an old steam engine. Something to see.
The sign is outdated, needs repair by another boy scout
Nick Baehl's sign made the whole experience so much better I will take my kids here all the time this summer for cool train stuff.
You'll pay between $3 - $6 per person depending on the event. Went on Father's Day and it was $6 if you wanted to ride the speeder (a track inspection car) that was a fun experience going down and back in the little cart. My 4 year old loved it. Overall just a great place to stop and explore some locomotives and talk with the friendly volunteers. It's a great way to spend an hour or so.
A neat and unique pace to explore old trains. It's a few dollars but worth the cost. They also have train excursions for families.
My wife purchase tickets for the Fishers Polar Bear Express on 11-21 without checking with me on my work/holiday schedule. The event was for the 27th. After checking with me, we determined that we couldn't make it and tried to get a refund on the 23rd (4 days before the event). We were told they wouldn't give us a refund. It makes me curious how many people they have ripped off this way. Buyer beware.