All Aboard History: Explore Real Locomotives and Miniature Trains at This Arizona Museum

A playground shaped like a giant steam locomotive, four floors tall, now sits inside a building called the Roundhouse. Kids climb rope ladders and race down slides inside an engine inspired by a real Arizona railroad locomotive. That alone would be enough for most families. But a little train also chugs past on tracks built at 5/12 scale, pulling riders through tunnels and past tiny depot scenes. A vintage carousel spins nearby, and a 1930s Pullman car waits to be explored. I love that so much o