If you love Trains, and learning about local History, The Union Depot is a must stop. Plan on spending a couple of hours looking @ all the trains, and exhibits though to really enjoy the whole experience.

What a beautiful old building! There were many well put together exhibits. It was easy to find and not overly busy. Admission was free but that might be due to covid. This building houses the train museum which was excellent. Parking does cost but was cheap.

Brought my 8 year old here and he had a blast. The museum was fun. The gift shop was not too high priced. The train ride was a lot of fun and informative.

Second time weve been there and we loved it! Enough exhibits and trains and cool stuff to look at and learn for hours and hours. The scale models are amazing are well as the 18th and 19th century real life trains, several of which you could look into or go inside. One of my personal favorites is the forgotten trains outside of the building. Its kind of a train graveyard but it doesnt seem to be regulated so my kid and I climb all over them and have a ball. There are re-creations of old timey shops which were setup beautifully with great attention to detail. Very immersing and historically accurate. A 5 experience. Highly recommended

Beautiful building. Museum shows a lot of attention to detail. Very fun and educational. I was amazed by the two trains with snow removal equipment on the front. Allow yourself plenty of time because there is a lot to see.

Lots to see and learn about. Very clean exhibits.

Despite goi g during covid there was still so much to see and do. I would definitely stop by again!I just wish the train ride was longer but over all a great experience. My 4 yr loved it, and now every train is his train haha!

My family and I had an amazing time at the Historic Union Depot in Duluth, Mn. We have wanted to go in the past and we finally were able to visit. Thomas the Train happened to be there that weekend so there was several additional activities for the children to partake in. The facility gives you a good feel for what it was like in the past and the exhibits were well put together. I would definitely recommend stopping in and going for a train ride!Eyes of an Engineer Review

If you have a train lover in your family then get them to the Duluth Train Museum. Well worth the time and effort. Plan on a couple of hours.

Outstanding museum. Must see for young and old. Volunteers are excellent

Looks like something out of Harry Potter! Really cool and worth seeing.

We took the 40-50 minute train. Nothing special not scenic. The only good thing was exploring to ride in a restored train. Thats all. It travels within and the city and back to the station within an hour. Doesnt even speedup enough to enjoy a bit.If you are going for the scenic ride as mentioned on their website, this is not the place. Plus, $18 for the whole trip wasnt worth it. Definitely not the place where I would spend an hour on a short stay or a trip in Duluth, given that there are a lot more interesting stuff to do around the city like Swimming in the secret pool, hiking and water activities like kayaking.The staff was friendly and helpful though. So, I can say that the customer service was great.

Awesome! Lots of neat old railroad stuff. Got to see the hustle muscle

Great place to visit in Duluth. There are lots trains to see and explore, and really gives you a sense of what life was like while the railroads were in their prime.

Lovely place with a ton of information, photos, displays. If you like anything about trains or local history, stop in!

Enjoyed the architecture of the building, the train museum and the train ride.

Great place for kids. They have a gift shop, concession stand, bathrooms and lots of little areas for kiddos to enjoy like toy train tracks, a scavenger hunt, a little farm to do chores on and plenty of opportunity to scramble around and investigate the trains. The workers are all so sweet and if almost completely if not entirely volunteer. So they love this and love enjoying it with others and it shows. The train ride was great. Our kiddos loved it. It was great to sneak some education into our summer fun here. I even learned some things!

Was an awesome experience & visit to the museum

Cool Museum on trains. Lots of interactive things. Cool history.

We loved the museum. It was fun to see so many of the items my family had when I was a little girl. Some of the rail cars are closed off, which was very disappointing. The cars are expertly equipped with original items. Such a treasure! We saw where rail cars are in various stages of renovation and would like to come back when those exhibits are completed. The rail ride was fun too. It made my husband and I think about planning a cross-country rail trip. The art gallery sucked. It wasnt family friendly and no warning was provided.

Everyone has their “thing..” and trains are not personally MY thing, but they are definitely my 2 year old nephew’s; his LOVE for the depot made it my thing. There are trains you can climb on and explore, other interesting artifacts AND.... military personnel and their families get in for freee = four stars.

Cool place to bring the family and look at old trains and learn the history of Minnesota via the rail!

Very nice, well maintained collection and some well thought out displays. A great place to learn about railroad and early Duluth history.

It Looks like a great museum.i thought admission was a little high to get in to look around for the 40 minutes we had to look at everything before they closed. I wish I would have gotten to it earlier. I would still recommend going in to see it

Finest Railroad museum in the upper Midwest. Wonderful place to go back in time to see how the Iron Range was built.

Beautiful day and host was superior. Ha-ha

Nice collection.. variety of steam & diesel..also has first locomotive in Minnesota - Number 1

Didnt have a lot of time to go through, but everything was very nice and clean. Too many things to do and see in Duluth in just 3 days.

Gotta like trains. I do. Really cool stuff. Enjoyed a lot.

Great place to visit before a train ride.

A very fun and interesting attraction. All of the old trains were beautiful. Very fun experience, you are able to board all of the trains and see what makes them work. Definitely a must do! And you can take the kids as well!

Super cool and interesting to go and look at all the different trains!!! Highly recommend doing the train ride!

The depot was amazing, but the customer service was less than desirable.

The depot itself is impressive; the railroad museum and its well-preserved collection is incredible. Several other groups use the depot, each contributing to the buildings character and usefulness. Definitely worth the visit and the price of admission!

Nice relaxing train ride

Amazing train museum for railway enthusiasts and everyone else. Dont forget to check out the north shore scenic train ride.They have live music, pizza and a can bar.

We attended a Day Out With Thomas with our two boys. The Railroad Museum was pretty fun, but everything was so extremely expensive if it wasnt included in your ticket. A Day Out With Thomas was fun, but was not worth the price of the tickets as the train rides behind Thomas and Percy are quite short. The gift shop with toys and novelties for the kids was quite expensive once and get the same items on Amazon for a few dollars less. Staff was crabby and the museum itself its quite hot because it is not air condition however that is to be expected due to the age of the museum. We needed water and ice cream treats, a popsicle, a plain popsicle, was $2 water was the same price! We probably will not attend a Day Out With Thomas again due to the exorbitant prices and the monotony of it being the same each year as this was not our first visit.

Great valuable history. Interesting artifacts

Love the history! Wish it was taught in the schools today.

Best thing to do after the train ride.

The train museum and rides is great for families!

Awesome place to visit

Neat place worth checking out.

The train exhibits are very cool.

A must see. Especially if you are a history buff... I would recommend taking a train ride.

Fun train ride.

The place is clean and the kids loved it! So much to see and do here! Well worth the drive. Staff was friendly and knowledgeable. We will definitely be returning.

Very cool place to learn about trains.

Loved the beauty as well as the architecture.

Great place! Lot of trains to see and climb on. Granddaughter loved it!

Amazing fun, great trains and museum.

This place has so much history. To think of how many people travelled through here when steel export was booming. What a great collection of trains and historic Duluth

It was amazing to see the history and to read about it

Wonderful not to expensive first time on a train will totally do it again

Beautiful museum. There is a display of how the train function mechanically. You will be surprised to see the mechanical wonders. We took the train ride for the fall, it was boring as the ride one way was 2hrs. Take 75 mins train ride if you want to explore.

Worth spending some time looking around

My family loves to visit sites like this. The train ride was fun and very informative. If we do come back to Duluth, we will check this place out again.

Was interesting to look and view what all happened!

We stopped to see refurbished 4014 Big Boy roll in. This museum is such a fantastic place that Union Pacific brought 4014 here for all to experience. Thank you NSRR!

Beautiful train station and museum!

Christmas Express Train with story, Santa, and exploration time was a wonderful way to kick off the season with the kids!

Veterans and guests got in free. The trains are a lot of fun to look at. The old town look with all the antiques is a great feature.

Great place to learn local history

Great service. Friendly staff.

We always love this place. We visit in the summer and winter with a kiddo that loves trains. This was for a Christmas train ride from Fitgers to the depot and back, it was so much fun!

Beautiful train ride. Heard and saw lots of history of Duluth. Highly recommend as a site seeing adventure. Staff was very accommodating.

Riding the train is pretty cool and the museum is really neat! If you like trains at all, check it out! Its a good thing to do when its raining in Duluth

The museum for the trains was pretty good even better when youre a nerd for old mechanical things. As for the train rides the one hour and fifteen minutes ride the follows the shoreline kinda sucked, the only thing you saw through half of it were the trees on both sides. The other train rides were pretty good though

Had a great time

If you like trains this is a definite must see - a lot of history here. It is a self guided tour unless you make prior arrangements for a group tour. You can purchase tickets for a couple of different train rides. We took the 2 1/2 hour train ride to the north of Duluth. This is a good excursion for families.

Great train museum and fun for all ages! Lots of history to take in! I would recommend visiting! The cars and engines are neat to see and your patronage helps sustain valuable history!

THIS PLACE WILL TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY

Very clean and safe place to visit. Lots of education when it comes to historic trains. I would visit there again. Thats why I gave a 5 star rating.

Great museum with exhibits of the Lake Superior Railway, immigrant history, Ojibwe tribe history, art gallery and a veteran memorial. Best of all veterans and active military and 5 in their party are free admission.

Amazing look into the mechanical wonders that helped power our world into the technological marvel it is today. Tour was amazing, get a ride if you can.

Trains are beautiful and you are allowed to walk in a majority of them.

Fasinating.

It is free and very educational!

Excellent, knowledgeable staff.

If you or your family are at all interested in trains, this is a must see. There are tons of old school trains and carriages. I was in awe my first time there.

Wonderful museum. Exciting to see Big Boy while it was here. The museum is bigger than youd think, so plan for a couple of hours for a visit. Double or triple that if you big a railfan.

Great family educational adventure. Fun for all ages.

We went on the train ride and won the Mystery Dinner Theater Grand Prize!!

Family friendly.

Very interesting!

Excellent place for children, and train buffs! This was super fun with lots to look at, excellent recreations, and hands on stuff for kids. Plenty of space to run around. Dont forget to go outside for even more trains and cars to look at and experience. The train ride through Duluth is fun, entertaining, and full of historic facts. Make sure to site on the Lake Side of the train!

Fun History of Duluth.

Union Depot museum is so awesome because so many people that care about railroad history spent painstaking hours to restore and refurbish to like new condition the engines, trains cars, and locomotives on display in the museum for all to enjoy. All of the displays and pictures really tell the great story of the history of not only the day to day operations of the railroad but the rich history of Duluth and the regon.

Loved Seeing These Old Trains

Took my son here and he LOVED it! So many choo-choos! He had a ton of fun exploring inside the historic trains and even just playing with the little wooden train sets that were everywhere. There was also an actual train that i could have taken him for a ride on but we ran out of time. Well be back!

Train History, Great Showroom

Get your tickets online.

Historic Union Depot was nice. A scenic tour on the Northern Shore trains.

If trains are your thing Im sure you will enjoy.

Amazing machinery. If you love railroads this is a must see.

My kids absolutely love the train musuem!!

Had fun.

Really nice, quality trains and memorabilia. Can get a great ride there, too.

Huge selection of historic trains and very knowledgeable people who enjoy assisting you.

Loved the museum