Hours of Operation

Open every Holiday and weekend (Saturday and Sunday) starting on Memorial Day through Labor Day weekend.  Then open every Sunday after the Labor Day weekend until the Ghost Train weekends in mid October (see calendar for details).  Museum Grounds open at 11:30am CDT. Trains start running at 12:00pm (noon) until 5:00pm CDT

  The Hesston Steam Museum is on CENTRAL TIME 

Ticket Fares

Admission and parking are FREE*
*$5 adult admission at the Labor Day Weekend Steam & Power Show only.

*Every passenger on a train needs a ticket. A multiple-ride ticket cannot be split between other people. Tickets are valid for any train but one ticket per ride is required. Prices are subject to change.

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Find the Museum

Conveniently located near I94 exit 1, only 90 minutes from Chicagoland.

• Directions - Take I-94 to Exit 1, south to "County Road 1000 North".  Or take the Indiana toll road to Exit 49, north on 139 to "County Road 1000 North" and watch for our billboard.

• GPS - 1201 E 1000 N, La Porte, IN
  or these coordinates :  N41.75299 W86.67820

• Google Maps - Find us using Google Maps

For More Information

• Visitor's Center (219)-872-5055 (LaPorte Co. Visitors Bureau) visitlaportecounty.com

• Museum (219) 778-2783 Weekends Only Please

• New Buffalo Area Attractions.

• For information about volunteering for restoration and other projects, with a more detailed history and description of equipment, please visit hesstonvolunteers.com

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Special Events 2012

Memorial Day Weekend
May 26, 27, 28th
Our Opening Weekend
Kiddieland Limited Train

Fathers’ Day Weekend
June 16 and 17th
Dads ride for a dollar, with paid child
Antique Truck Show on Father’s Day!

Civil War Railroad Days
June 23 and 24th
Secret plans have been uncovered by Union Army spies that the Confederate Army will raid trains. Union soldiers will defend. Also a living history encampment at the museum grounds.

4th of July Weekend
Wednesday, the 4th.
We will continue celebrating July 7 & 8th
No Tractor Show

American Family Day
August 5th.
Special Pricing on train rides for the family.

56th. Annual Hesston Steam & Power Show (Four BIG days!)

August 31, September 1, 2, 3rd (Labor Day).

The show begins at 10:00 am and closes at 5:00 pm CDT

Get on board for one of Indiana's top festivals! Education and entertainment are in store for the whole family as the many uses of turn-of-the-century steam power are demonstrated to the public. Old-time farm machinery, antique cars, and other machines are also on display. The museum also hosts a flea market, and traditional festival treats!.  *There is an admission charge for the Steam and Power Show.

Hesston Ghost Train  (Two Big Weekends!)

October 20-21st
and October 27-28th

Take a terror-ific ride through the haunted woods aboard the Flying Dutchman Railroad. This is a trip that you won’t soon forget as your train is haunted by many ghoulish creatures. Watch out for the Mad Lumber-Jack that haunts these woods! The Ghost Train is frightening fun for everyone! (Appropriate for small children.)

Candy Cane Express  (Two Big Weekends!)
December 1 & 2
and December 8 & 9

(first two weekends in December)

Grab a cup of hot cocoa and visit Santa in the caboose. Then take a cozy winter train ride inside our first-class enclosed coach.

Candy Cane Express toy drive
Donate a new unwrapped toy for the U.S. Marine Corps. Toys for Tots toy drive and receive one free train ride!

Visit "I Live Toy Trains"
The toy train store.

Visit our friends at kidwinks.com
Find fun things to do for the entire family.

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