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California State Railroad Museum |
Located in Old Sacramento this museum is a world-class tribute to the role of the "iron horse" on 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.
Pacific Coast Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, 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 nucleus of a State- operated museum in Sacramento. Railtown 1897 State Historic Park in Jamestown was added to the Museum complex during 1992.
| Location | 111 Sacramento California 95814 |
| Phone | 916-445-7387 |
| csrmlibrary@csrmf.org |
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