Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
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Address: 31123-1/2 Highway 94, Campo, CALIFORNIA, 91906 USA. Tel.: (619) 465-PSRM Toll Free:
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The San Diego Railroad Museum, operated by the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association, is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of railroads as they existed in the Pacific Southwest. The Museum runs weekend excursions, open to the public, on portions of the San Diego and Arizona Railway utilizing actual vintage equipment. Reservations are required only for large groups on these Miller Creek trips. Please check the Excursions and Special Events page for further details and schedules. Was featured in children's video "There Goes A Train".
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Paramount Great America Scenic Railway
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Address: Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CALIFORNIA, 95052 USA. Tel.: 408-988-1776 Toll Free:
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36-inch narrow gauge steam train operates along perimeter of park. Full paid admission required.
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Hits: 236 Rating: 1.00 Reviews: 1 Review : Read/Write Added: 24-Aug-2003
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Portola Railroad Museum
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Address: PO Box 608, Portola, CALIFORNIA, 96122 USA. Tel.: 530-832-4131 Toll Free:
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The theme of the museum is an operating small railroad locomotive facility typical of the 1940's, 50's and 60's. The museum is a 37 acre Western Pacific diesel shop that was used from 1954 until 1974. The property is leased by Union Pacific to the Feather River Rail Society. The site includes a 220 foot long, 16,000 square feet diesel locomotive shop and has two and a half miles of trackage. Unlike other museums, visitors to Portola are encouraged to climb up in the cabs of locomotives, to sit in the engineer's seats, and to browse through the many cabooses and passenger cars that are on display. Features the famous Run-A-Locomotive program.
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Hits: 233 Rating: 4.00 Reviews: 1 Review : Read/Write Added: 24-Aug-2003
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Poway-Midland Railroad
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Address: 14134 Midland Road, Poway, CA, CALIFORNIA, 92064 USA. Tel.: (858) 486-4063 Toll Free:
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Small railway in CIty park. Half mile track, runs weekends with steam and other engines. A non-profit organization dedicated to the restoration, operation and maintenance of antique railroad equipment in Old Poway Park. Future plans include a turntable, museum and depot highlighting turn-of-the-century technology.
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Redwood Valley Railway
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Address: Lomas Cantadas and Grizzly Peak Boulevard, Berkeley, CALIFORNIA, 94075 USA. Tel.: 510-548-6100 Toll Free:
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The sound of steam whistles can still be heard echoing through the hills of Tilden Regional Park above Berkeley, California. Since 1952 the Redwood Valley Railway has been preserving the legacy of narrow gauge railroading through an operating steam railway that attracts thousands of visitors every month.
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Roaring Camp
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Address: P.O. Box G-1,, Felton, CALIFORNIA, 95018 USA. Tel.: (831) 335-4484 Toll Free:
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Roaring Camp & Big Trees narrow gauge railroad. Steam Trains to Bear Mountain & Return. Small but powerful steam locomotives carry passengers over trestles and through the redwoods, whistling and chugging along, just as they did more than a century ago. One hour roundtrip.
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Hits: 442 Rating: 4.50 Reviews: 2 Review : Read/Write Added: 31-Oct-2002
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Santa cruz, Big Trees & Pacific Railway Company
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Address: P.O. Box G-1, Felton, CALIFORNIA, 95018 USA. Tel.: (831) 335-4484 Toll Free:
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Beach Trains to the Beach or Redwoods & Return. Ride through a virgin redwood forest, down the San Lorenzo River gorge, over bridges and trestles, through tunnels and along quiet streets lined with Victorian homes before arriving at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Three hours roundtrip.
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Sierra Railroad
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Address: 220 South Sierra Street, Oakdale, CALIFORNIA, 95361 USA. Tel.: (209) 848-2100 Toll Free:
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Throughout the year, Sierra Railroad has created some special train excursions. For more than 100 years, Sierra Railroad has carried passengers and freight between the Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada foothills. Re-live the ultimate, romantic experience which combines the best from the past with luxury railroad dining.
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Skunk Train - California Western Railroad
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Address: PO Box 907, Fort Bragg, CALIFORNIA, 95437 USA. Tel.: 707-964-6371 Toll Free: 800-77-SKUNK
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The Skunk line runs 40 miles between Fort Bragg on the coast and Willits on US Highway 101. Combine any numbers of trains and schedules to make a memorable visit to the Redwoods. Whatever combination of trains and schedules you choose, and whether you depart from Willits or Fort Bragg, you will cross many of the 30 bridges and trestles along the scenic redwood route (almost one bridge for each mile of track!), as well as pass through one of the lines two deep mountain tunnels!
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Travel Town Transportation Museum
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Address: 5200 Zoo Dr, Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA, 90027 USA. Tel.: 323-662-9678 Toll Free:
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The Travel Town Transportation Museum is an outdoor museum which preserves and celebrates the railroad heritage of the western United States--its history and its artifacts. Particular thematic emphasis is placed on the history of Southern California and how the railroads aided its development. Rides are offered around the facility on a 1/3 scale railroad for a nominal fare.
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Western Railway Museum
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Address: 5848 State Highway 12, Suisun, CALIFORNIA, 94585 USA. Tel.: 707-374-2978 Toll Free:
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The Western Railway Museum gives visitors the opportunity to ride historic streetcars and interurban electric trains from all over California and other western states. Streetcars loop the shaded picnic grounds. Interurban cars run over the restored main line of the old Sacramento Northern Railway. With over 50 historic cars on display, railway exhibits, the Museum Bookstore and Gift Shop and the large, shaded picnic grounds, the Western Railway Museum is ideal for family and group outings.
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Yolo Shortline Railroad Company
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Address: 341 Industrial Way, Woodland, CALIFORNIA, 95776 USA. Tel.: 530.666.9698 Toll Free: 800.942.6387
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Scenic Train Ride - Journey eastward with us from Woodland, CA to the Sacramento Riverand then on to West Sacramento, through the rich agricultural land of Yolo County. Along the way you will cross an 8,000 foot long wooden trestle, travel through numerous orchards and past a variety of local crops. You will have the opportunity to sample and purchase local produce when we stop at Uncle Ray's Fruit Stand (in season). Duration: Approximately 2:30.
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Hits: 485 Rating: 2.50 Reviews: 2 Review : Read/Write Added: 31-Oct-2002
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Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad
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Address: 56001 Hwy 41, Fish Camp, CALIFORNIA, 93623 USA. Tel.: 559-683-7273 Toll Free:
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An exciting 4-mile railroad excursion at Yosemite Park's south gate on highway 41. Ride into history where powerful locomotives once hauled massive log trains through the Sierra mountains. Where mighty lumberjacks felled the timber and flumes carried lumber to the distant valley below. The Sierra National Forest's majestic woods provide the backdrop for the narrow gauge journey back in time.
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Hits: 374 Rating: 3.67 Reviews: 3 Review : Read/Write Added: 18-Aug-2003
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