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California - History Park at Kelley Park
San Jose, CA - Enjoy a self-guided tour and exchange stories with docents stationed throughout the park; hop a vintage trolley; visit a working print shop; indulge in savories and sweets at O'Brien's Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Parlor and Candy Store; shop in the museum store and discover books on local history - with many by local authors not available anywhere else.
Info: URL: http://www.historysanjose.org/visiting_hsj/history_park/ (Added: 21-May-2001)
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California - Knight Foundry, Sutter Creek, Amador County
Sutter Creek, CA - While not actually a railroad facility, Knight Foundry
is very similiar to many of the railroad shops and foundries of years gone by. This site makes for an interesting look at an almost vanished technology.
Knight foundry was established in 1873,to supply Heavy Equipment and repair facilities to the gold mines and timber industry of the Mother Lode. Samuel Knight developed a high speed cast iron water wheel which was a fore runner of the Pelota wheel design,and is one of the National Treasures of the United States. Knight Foundry continues to function as a foundry and
machine shop, producing gray iron castings of every
description for industrial and individual customers.
Still using the 42-inch diameter wheel installed by
Samuel Knight in the 1870s, the machine shop is
powered by water falling over 400 feet from the ridge
above Sutter Creek.
Info: URL: http://amadornet.safepages.com/directory/travelers/museums/knightfounty.html (Added: 1-Mar-2001)
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California - McCloud Railway
McCloud, CA - The McCloud Railway operates delightful Open-Air Excursion Train rides through the forested slopes on the south side of Mt. Shasta. Taking a little over an hour, the excursions operate weekends from Memorial Day through Labor Day departing from the historic town of McCloud. The trips feature either diesel locomotives or historic 1925 steam locomotive McCloud River Railway No. 25. See specials for days and times Steam Locomotives will operate.
Info: URL: http://www.shastasunset.com/excursion.shtml (Added: 20-May-2001)
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California - Portola Railroad Museum
Portola, CA - The Portola Railroad Museum facility is located on the former Western Pacific Railroad Portola locomotive servicing
facility located in Portola, California. The 37 acre site includes a 220 foot long, 16,000 square foot diesel shop
that was used from 1954 until 1974 as well as two and a half miles of trackage primarily consisting of a balloon
track and various yard tracks. The property is leased by the Union Pacific Railroad to the Feather River Rail
Society and is right next to Union Pacific's high density Feather River Subdivision main line in beautiful and scenic
Plumas County, California.
Info: URL: http://www.wprrhs.org/frrsinfo.html (Added: 13-Jun-2000)
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California - Railtown 1897 - Historic Sierra Railroad Shops
Jamestown, CA - Railtown 1897 State Historic Park is home to one of America’s last authentic, operating railroad roundhouses. Known as “The Movie Railroad,” Railtown’s locomotives and cars have appeared in over 200 film and TV productions, including Back to the Future 3, Petticoat Junction, and Little House on the Prairie. Guided walking tours of the Historic Sierra Railroad Shops and Roundhouse are available daily. Every Weekend April-October, take a ride behind a real steam locomotive.
Info: URL: http://www.csrmf.org/railtown/default.asp (Added: 23-Jun-2000)
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California - Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad
Felton, CA - Deep in the heart of the magnificent redwood forests of California's scenic Santa Cruz Mountains, south of San Francisco and north of the beautiful Monterey Bay, is America's last steam-powered passenger railroad with year-round passenger train service: the historic Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow-Gauge Railroad.
Today the Roaring Camp & Big trees Narrow-Gauge Railroad still operates old-fashioned steam passenger train service on a daily basis providing visitors with the rare opportunity to ride back into the pages of history through some of the most beautiful and primitive scenery in the American West.
Info: URL: http://www.roaringcamprr.com/index.html (Added: 07-Jan-1999)
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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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