Location: County: Sacramento. Nearest City: Sacramento. See map 6.

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.

 

 

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