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Old Sacramento is the site of the California State Railroad Museum, the California State Military Museum, the Sacramento History Museum, the Wells Fargo History Museum and the Old Sacramento Interpretive Center.
The California State Railroad Museum is a museum in the California State Parks system that interprets the role of railroads in the Western U.S.. It is located in Old Sacramento State Historic Park at 111 I Street, Sacramento, California. [1]
As constructed, the Sacramento Valley Railroad ran from the Sacramento River levee at Front and "L" Street in present-day Old Sacramento and terminated at Folsom. On February 22, 1856, the first train operated over the entire 22.9-mile (36.9 km) line. Theodore Judah was the Chief Engineer of the
The Old Sacramento State Historical Park currently includes the California State Railroad Museum, a train depot for excursion train rides and reconstructions of a cluster of early commercial ...
Pacific Sun Railroad: PSRR Watco: 62: Sacramento Southern Railroad: SSR State of California 3: Sacramento Valley Railroad: SAV Patriot Rail: 7: San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad: SDIY Genesee & Wyoming: 1: San Joaquin Valley Railroad: SJVR Genesee & Wyoming: 297: San Francisco Bay Railroad: SFBR 7: Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway ...
The railroad extends from the museum property located in Old Sacramento State Historic Park south along the east bank of the Sacramento River levee. The original Sacramento Southern Railroad ran south 24.3 miles (39.1 km) to Walnut Grove, California via Freeport and was a non-operating subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company ...
Longtime U.S. Rep. Doris Matsui has requested $5 million in federal funding to support the Downtown Sacramento Partnership’s plans to study the construction of a park that would connect downtown ...
The first railroad in Sacramento as well as California was the Sacramento Valley Railroad finished in 1856 and engineered by Theodore Judah.Judah's efforts to realize a transcontinental railroad was transferred to the power of "The Big Four" investors, who created the Central Pacific Railroad.