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Railtown 1897 is located in Jamestown, California. The entire park preserves the historic core of the original Sierra Railway of California (later reincorporated as the Sierra Railroad). The railway's Jamestown locomotive and rolling stock maintenance facilities are remarkably intact and continue to function much as they have for over 100 years.
California Western 45 photo special eastbound at the first crossing of the Noyo River, 2009. The California Western Railroad (reporting mark CWR), AKA Mendocino Railway, popularly called the Skunk Train, is a rail freight and heritage railroad transport railway in Mendocino County, California, United States, running from the railroad's headquarters in the coastal town of Fort Bragg to the ...
The Pacific Coast Railroad is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge tourist railroad located at the Santa Margarita Ranch in Santa Margarita, California. Established in 2000 and completed in 2004 by San Luis Obispo entrepreneur Rob Rossi, the railroad sees only limited public operation. Phase 1 consisted of a 1.5 mi (2.4 km) loop around the most ...
The San Jose Steam Railroad Museum [1] is a planned railroad museum within Santa Clara County that has been under development by California Trolley and Railroad Corporation since 1992. This project was originally intended to be located at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose, California ; however in 2002, the Board of Supervisors ...
Southern California Railway: California Eastern Railway: ATSF: 1895 1911 California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway: California Midland Railroad: NWP 1902 1903 San Francisco and Northwestern Railway: California and Mount Diablo Railroad: ATSF: 1880 1884 California and Nevada Railroad: California and Nevada Railroad: ATSF: 1884 1902 Oakland and ...
Granite Rock Co. 10 (Operating as the excursion train ride for the California State Railroad Museum) a USATC S100 Class 0-6-0T built by Porter in 1942. Occasionally visits other railroads such as the Niles Canyon Railway; Northwestern Pacific 112 – Stored, a 4-6-0 type built by ALCO in 1908. Sole surviving NWP steam locomotive.
No. 28 became the workhorse of this new tourist operation. In 1979, Crocker & Associates, which owned the Sierra Railroad and Rail Town 1897, decided to sell the Jamestown complex and all of its historic rail equipment, including engine No. 28, to the State of California, which reorganized Rail Town 1897 as Railtown 1897 State Historic Park. [1]
The railroad has four 15-inch scale steam locomotives, designed by Erich Thomsen and built on location by the railroad's Redwood Valley Shops.Each is designed for service on the RVRy and while they are not based on any full-size prototypes, they share many details with engines built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works built between 1875 and 1910 [2] [10] In addition, RVRy owns a single diesel ...