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The Railtown 1897 State Historic Park was one of the 48 California state parks proposed for closure in January 2008 by California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as part of a deficit reduction program, though it did not close. [8] In May 2011, California State Parks announced the closure of Railtown 1897 along with 69 other parks.
The Sonoma TrainTown Railroad (commonly called "Sonoma Train Town") is a tourist railroad and 10 acre amusement park in Sonoma, California. Its main feature is a 15 in ( 381 mm ) gauge miniature railway , which closely corresponds to a 1:4 scale model of a 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm ) standard gauge railroad.
The Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge tourist railroad in California that starts from the Roaring Camp depot in Felton, California and runs up steep grades through redwood forests to the top of nearby Bear Mountain, a distance of 3.25 miles (5.23 kilometers).
RIDE THE RAILS: 12 best Amtrak vacations and scenic train rides in North America The Green Mountain State is known for its autumn displays with oak, maple, and ash trees exploding in rainbow pops ...
Castles, train rides, ghost towns, underground gardens, pixie margaritas and grunion runs. Here's what's at the top of your list. 29 California experiences that cannot be missed, according to ...
A Madera Sugar Pine Lumber Co. log train climbing a steep grade near Sugar Pine, California, circa 1915. Due to the onset of the Great Depression and a lack of trees, the operation closed in 1931. But the graded right-of-way through the forest remained, enabling the Stauffer family to reconstruct a portion of the line in 1961.
A passenger train on the Niles Canyon Railway. SP 5623 on the NCRy Sunol Depot at MP 35.6 Farwell, California, ca1866, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views Farwell Bridge across Alameda Creek, California, ca1866, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views
The South Bay Historical Railroad Society is located in Santa Clara, California and operates the Edward Peterman Museum of Railroad History in the Santa Clara Depot, as well as the Santa Clara Tower and two other buildings. [3] The depot is the oldest train station on the west coast.