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The Western Railway Museum, in Solano County, California is located on Highway 12 between Rio Vista and Suisun. The museum is built along the former mainline of the Sacramento Northern Railway . Their collection focuses on trolleys , as it is primarily a museum of interurban transit equipment.
Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California [1] 94: September 1909 ALCO-Brooks: TP-29 4-6-0: On static display Western Railway Museum in Suisun City, California [2] 165: November 1919 ALCO-Schenectady S-34 0-6-0: Operational Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [3] 334: May 1929 ALCO MK-60-71 2-8-2: Stored
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic equipment on museum grounds.
31 Dec 1928 Sacramento Northern Railway, a Western Pacific Railroad subsidiary, acquires the San Francisco-Sacramento Railroad. 1930 Bridge connecting Benicia-Martinez was completed, eliminating railroad's need for railroad ferry "Solano" and "Contra Costa" between Benicia and Port Costa, California .
Sacramento Northern Birney car 62 at the Western Railway Museum, Rio Vista, California. A 22-mile (35 km) segment of the SN line in Solano County is owned, operated, and electrified by the Western Railway Museum as a heritage railway. Much of the SN's former equipment is part of the museum's permanent collection. [29]
East of Suisun it becomes two lanes again and crosses south of Travis Air Force Base, through rolling fields with numerous wind turbines. Just past Braid's Bridge is the Western Railway Museum . At Rio Vista , SR 12 crosses the Helen Madere Memorial Bridge over the Sacramento River , entering the California Delta .
The National Railroad Museum is a privately funded 501(c)(3) educational organization and is among the largest railroad museums in the nation, according to its website.
The Western Railway Museum near Suisun, CA. is the home of Sacramento Northern 146, Visalia Electric 502 and Salt Lake, Garfield and Western (Saltair) DS-2. The 502 is operational. The 502 is operational.