Locomotion Weekend

See a rail yard full of guest train displays owned and operated by model train enthusiasts. Engineers of all ages will love the train layouts and activities. Included with General Admission and dependent on regional weather forecasts.

General Admission

General Admission includes Miniature Railroad & Village^®, Highmark SportsWorks^®, four floors of interactive exhibits, live demonstration shows, planetarium astronomy shows, and the USS Requin (SS 481).

Currently the USS Requin is open Thursday through Sunday, weather permitting. Buhl Planetarium will reopen in May, with new technology that has re-established it as one the most advanced in the nation!

We ask all visitors (including Members) to secure your tickets online in advance of arriving – all tickets will be timed reservations to ensure we can maintain limited building capacity while reducing any wait time for our visitors. There is no surcharge for online ticket purchases. A limited number of tickets are reserved for on-site purchase at the ticket counter on a first-come, first-served basis.