Miniature Train Excursion
Tickets can be purchased to ride the Melody Ranch Special, a miniature train once owned by Gene Autry, for two circles around the museum grounds. The passenger coaches are now covered and the original steam engine (which was sabotaged beyond economical repair) has been replaced with "Courage", a chain driven internal combustion motor housed within a façade representing a steam locomotive. (One of three miniature train rides in Griffith Park including Los Angeles Live Steamers and the Griffith Park & Southern Railroad.)
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