About National Orphan Train Complex

It's widely accepted that the founding of the Children's Aid Society was the beginning of documented foster care in America. But what many don't know is that specialized trains played a huge role in relocating roughly 250,000 children to their new homes. Luckily, The National Orphan Train Complex preserves this significant part of history with a museum full of artifacts, stories, and exhibitions documenting the Orphan Train Movement, which lasted from 1854–1929.