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California - Skunk Trains - The California Western Railroad
Fort Bragg, CA -Come ride the Skunk in its natural habitat. Forty miles of railroad run through majestic redwood forests, scenic mountain meadows, and over 30 trestles bridging the pristine mountain waters of Northern California.
Departing from Willits and traveling to Northspur, your train will climb the Eastern slope of the Coastal Mountain Range and cut through it at Tunnel #2 (the Summit) before descending down into the redwood-thick Noyo River Canyon. This 4-hour, 40-mile roundtrip allows you to explore the wonderous forest where the world's tallest trees take you back in time. Once you arrive at Northspur, the midpoint of the railroad, you will disembark for an opportunity to walk around, purchase lunch, and breathe the pristine mountain air.
Departing from Fort Bragg your train will travel along the Pudding Creek Estuary to Glen Blair Junction on this short and scenic 1-hour, 7-mile roundtrip. You will be traveling over some of the first tracks laid down by the California Western Railroad in 1885. Once the train stops it will immediately return to Fort Bragg.
Info: URL: https://www.skunktrain.com/ (Added: 24-Sep-1999)
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California - South Bay Historical Railroad Society (SBHRS)
Santa Clara, CA - The South Bay Historical Railroad Society (SBHRS) was incorporated in 1985 to preserve the local area railroad heritage while running a working museum to benefit the community. Our members are volunteers and work on the renovation and preservation of the Santa Clara Railroad Depot, the Santa Clara Tower and the two maintenance-of-way buildings.
A large and varied collection of historic railroad artifacts are on display in the Edward Peterman Museum of Railroad History located in the Depot. This now includes the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation business car #184 which was loaned to us and placed on our siding on June 26, 2009.
Within the Depot are two operational HO and N scale model railroad layout displays depicting various railroad eras and operations venues. Constant work by our members on these layouts provide an ever changing panorama, giving our visitors and members a better understanding of the different aspects of model railroading.
Info: URL: https://sbhrs.org/ (Added: 26-Oct-2016)
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California - South Coast Railroad Museum
Goleta, CA - Goleta Depot is a Victorian-styled Southern Pacific Railroad station, built in 1901 by the Southern Pacific Railroad. The historical landmark and architectural treasure is located at picturesque Lake Los Carneros County Park.
The museum features refurnished rooms and station grounds, and a variety of informative displays, hands-on exhibits, artifacts, photographs, and memorabilia.
Info: URL: http://scrm.goletadepot.org/ (Added: 28-Jun-1999)
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California - SPCRR Home
Ardenwood, CA - In 1880 the SPCRR was the South Pacific Coast Railroad, a narrow-gauge railroad that steamed south across the marshes and farms of Alameda and Santa Clara Counties, then wound through the mountains and forests of the Santa Cruz Mountains until it reached the ocean at Santa Cruz.
Today the SPCRR is the Society for the Preservation of Carter Railroad Resources, a railroad museum located in Ardenwood Historic Farm Regional Park in Fremont, California close to the Carter Shops in Newark.
The SPCRR restores equipment representative of those bygone days. Our collection contains 13 cars from the 1870s and 1880s. Most of the cars were built by the Carter Brothers in Newark. We are actively restoring 3 cars and have four cars in service. We have 1-1/2 miles of track and operate a recreation of the original SPCRRs Centerville Branch at Ardenwood. We use draft horses to pull a 1885 North Pacific Coast RR flatcar set up as a picnic car on scheduled runs through farm fields and Eucalyptus groves.
Info: URL: http://www.spcrr.org/ (Added: 13-Jun-2000)
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California - Tehachapi Depot Museum
Tehachapi, CA - The only Southern Pacific No. 23 style depot still existing in its original site. Destroyed by fire in 2008, the Tehachapi Depot has been rebuilt to the original plans and will be open in Spring 2010. It will display a large collection of railroad artifacts and full-size operating railroad signals. Check our web site for further information.
Info: URL: https://www.tehachapidepot.com/ (Added: 1-Nov-2016)
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California - The Centerville Depot
Centerville, CA - The inspiration to preserve the historic depot began with Fremont's petition to bring Amtrak service to Centerville in 1991. The petition worked. On June 4, 1993, Fremont welcomed the return of passenger trains to the Centerville station after an absence of 53 years. In December of 1993, the city of Fremont acquired ownership of the depot itself and began to plan its restoration. Of more than sixty "No. 23"-style depots constructed by Southern Pacific between 1896 and 1916, less than a dozen exist today and the Centerville depot is the only one used in rail passenger service.
Info: URL: https://www.nilesdepot.org/centerville/home.html (Added: 7-Jan-1999)
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California - The Southern California Scenic Railway Association
Fullerton, CA - Southern California Scenic Railway Association, Inc., a nonprofit educational corporation dedicated to promoting public appreciation of Southern California rail history and rail safety. The SCSRA's current focus is assisting the Fullerton Railway Plaza Association (FRPA) in their annual Railroad Days event, as well as their worthy long-range goal of realizing a first-class railroad museum, the Southern California Museum at Fullerton.
Info: URL: http://scsra.org/ (Added: 28-Jun-1999)
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