Location: County: Sacramento. Nearest City: Sacramento.
Campsites, facilities: No campsites. Point of interest
to visit while on tour.
Reservations, fees: Admission is Adults $6; Youth (ages
6-12) $3; (children age 5 and under are admitted free).
Contact: Phone the museum at 1-916-445-7387 or recorded
information line 1-916-552-5252, extension 7245. Web site: www.csrmf.org/
California State Railroad Museum
111 "I" Street
Sacramento CA 95814-2265
Operating hours, seasons: Museum facilities are open
daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets sold until 4:30 p.m. Closed
Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.
Directions: The park is located in Old Sacramento at
125 "I" Street.
Weather, clothing: Summer and spring are warm; fall
and winter can be cool. Layered clothing is advised.
Trip notes: The California State Railroad Museum in
Old Sacramento is the world-class tribute to the role of the
"iron horse" in connecting California to the rest of
the nation. The museum features 21 lavishly restored locomotives
and cars, some dating back to 1862. There is a full-scale diorama
of an 1860s construction site high in the Sierra Nevada as well
as a bridge elevated 24 feet above the museum floor. A block
from the museum is a reconstructed passenger station and freight
depot circa 1867. During the summer, a stream train takes visitors
from the depot to Miller Park and back along the Sacramento River.
The California State Railroad Museum has its origins in 1937,
when a group of railroad enthusiasts in the San Francisco Bay
Area formed the Pacific Coast Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive
Historical Society. This organization worked for years to promote
the idea of a railroad museum, donating 30 historic locomotives
and cars to the California Department of Parks and Recreation
to be the nucleus of a State-operated museum in Sacramento. The
Museum's first facility, the Central Pacific Railroad Passenger
Station, opened in 1976. The Museum of Railroad History was completed
in 1981. Steam-powered passenger train service on the Sacramento
Southern Railroad began in 1984, with the Central Pacific Railroad
Freight Depot opening three years later. Railtown 1897 State
Historic Park in Jamestown was added to the Museum complex during
1992.
Sacramento Southern Railroad Operating hours:
Trains depart from the Public Market in Old Sacramento
located at Front & "K" Streets. Steam trains run
weekends only April through September 28, departures on the hour
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Trains also run on Memorial Day, Independence
Day and Labor Day
Fares are Adults $6; Youth (ages 6-12) $3; ages 5 and under ride
free.
© 2001, Miwok Lodge 439, Order of the
Arrow, Santa Clara County Council Inc., BSA
Revision 1.2
