Train Ride (Diesel) 2024

Ticket includes round trip train ride of approximately 1 hour duration and seven miles in length.

Guests may board train either at main Museum site (Nelson Crossing) shown on map, or at the Museum's Wabash Depot located in downtown Monticello.

In addition to enoying our train ride, guests are encouraged to visit the exhibit cars located adjacent to the Nelson Crossing depot, and are welcome to explore the Museum grounds and shop complex nearby.

Want to ride in the cab of the diesel locomotive instead? A limited number of cab ride upgrade tickets are available for most trips. For information and cab ride tickets, see the ticket agent when you visit the Museum.

Children under 2 ride FREE with paying adult or senior.

Tickets may be used on any one train trip on date for which issued.

Trains leave the main Museum site at Nelson Crossing at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 2 p.m.

Trains leave the Wabash Depot in downtown Monticello at 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m., and 2:30 p.m. Note that there is NO return trip to the Wabash Depot following the 2:30 p.m. departure.

Host or Publisher Monticello Railway Museum