LA County Fair’s Garden Railroad still chugging along after 100 years

Like jumbo shrimp or military intelligence, the Fairplex Garden Railroad is a study in contradictions.

The beloved LA County Fair attraction is believed to be the oldest and largest such railway in the world outside a private collection, operating on nearly two miles of track.

Yet this railroad is made up of scale-model trains running through miniature settings, through which its human operators stride like gods.

And this year, the diminutive railway hits an oversized number: 100.