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California - Sacramento Southern Railroad
Sacramento, CA - The excursion trains have been operating in Old Sacramento for nearly 40 years. Train rides include closed coach cars, open-air gondolas and a first-class observation car pulled by either Granite Rock No. 10 steam locomotive or one of our vintage diesel locomotives from the Museum's collection.
The Sacramento Southern Railroad is operated in partnership between the California State Railroad Museum and Foundation. Railroad proceeds help fund Museum and Foundation projects and initiatives.
Info: URL: https://www.californiarailroad.museum/visit/excursion-train-rides (Added: 3-Apr-2014)
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California - Sacramento Valley Historical Railways
Sacramento, CA - Sacramento Valley Historical Railways is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization dedicated to educating the
public about railroading and to the preservation and operation of historic railroad equipment and structures in
Northern California. The Sacramento Valley Historical Railways was originally formed as the association "Friends of the 1233". (Yolo Shortline Railroad Locomotive 1233)
Info: URL: http://www.trainweb.org/svhr/ (Added: 13-Jun-2000)
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California - San Bernardino History & Railroad Museum
San Bernardino, CA - The Museum specializes in San Bernardino history and all things railroad. The Santa Fe Western Archives is located within the museum that is in the restored 1918 Santa Fe Depot. The Depot serves Amtrak and Metrolink passengers and is directly across the tracks from the BNSF intermodal facility. Railroad videos and history slide shows are continuously playing. Model train displays are abundant. You will see a 19th century Velocipede (a three-wheeled railroad inspection vehicle); an 1890 Fire Department hose wagon that's been in eight Rose Parades and many other unique items.
Info: URL: http://www.sbdepotmuseum.com (Added: 1-Nov-2016)
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California - San Diego Electric Railway Association (SDERA)
National City, CA - The San Diego Electric Railway Association (SDERA) is dedicated to the preservation of the history of the San Diego Electric Railway - San Diego's primary streetcar system which operated from the late 1800s to 1949.
SDERA is also the operator of the National City Depot, an historic Santa Fe railroad station. We operate a railroad and local history museum within the depot, and the depot is open to the public. A large model-railroad exhibit, operated by our 3-Rail model railroad group, is also included in the museum displays. All train buffs, local historians, and people looking for an interesting "day out" in the San Diego area are encouraged to visit the depot, join with us, and help us grow into a major destination within San Diego County.
Info: URL: https://www.sdera.org/ (Added: 14-Mar-2014)
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California - San Diego Railroad Museum
Campo, CA - 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. Hands on display of historic railroad artifacts. Excursions and rail tours to California and Mexico are available
Info: URL: https://www.psrm.org/ (Added: 13-Jun-2000)
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California - San Dimas Station
San Dimas, CA - Pacific Railroad Society operates the Pacific Railroad Museum in the former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe depot in San Dimas, California. Our goal is to restore the depot to represent a working railroad station. Artifacts and exhibits on various aspects of railroading are on display there. The depot also houses our extensive railroad research library containing books, documents, maps and photographs collected since the 1930s. This facility is open to the public and staffed by PRS volunteers.
Info: URL: http://www.pacificrailroadsociety.org/PRS_Museum.html (Added: 13-Jun-2000)
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California - San Francisco Cable Car Museum
San Francisco, CA - Presenting cable car history, technology, information, and gift shop. Located in San Francisco's Washington-Mason powerhouse and carbarn, the museum provides a historical perspective and insight into today's system.
Houses a collection of historic cable cars, photographs, mechanical displays and gift shop run by the Friends of the Cable Car Museum - a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of cable car history.
Info: URL: http://www.cablecarmuseum.org/index.html (Added: 13-Mar-2014)
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California - San Francisco's Municipal Railway (MUNI)
San Francisco, CA - Everything you ever wanted to know about riding Muni buses and historic streetcars, Muni Metro light rail, and our famed cable cars
San Francisco's Municipal Railway, known the world over as Muni, has served the citizens of San Francisco for over a century, literally rising from the ashes of the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Its colorful history is as unique as its fleet of buses, light rail vehicles, historic streetcars and iconic cable cars. Learn more about Muni's origins in words and pictures culled from the SFMTA's extensive Photo Archive, and take a closer look at Muni's diverse fleet of vehicles, one of the greenest in the country.
This is a commuter transit system, not a museum, but with historic streetcars and cable cars, it can seem like one!
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