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A view of the Western Railway Museum gallery. 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.
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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]
In 1979, the Western Railway Museum acquired 94, and the engine was moved from Oakland to Rio Vista Junction in April of that year. By the end of 1979, the locomotive was under steam at the museum. It was used in excursion service for the Museum until 1986. [2] As of 2024, No. 94 is on static display inside the Western Railway Museum.
31 Aug 1911 West Side Railroad incorporated to build from Sacramento to Rio Vista. Only 2 miles was constructed in West Sacramento and purchased by Northern Electric Railway in 1912. Dec 1912 Northern Electric Railway purchases Vallejo & Northern Railroad in its quest for a line to eventually run from Vallejo to Sacramento via Winters.
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.
Today, the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania covers 18 acres. This includes Rolling Stock Hall, a second-floor changing-exhibit gallery, an observation bridge, a hands-on education center called Stewart Junction, an extensive library and archives, a restoration and paint shop, and an outdoor storage and display yard.
Western Pennsylvania Railroad: North Western Coal and Iron Company: DL&W: 1856 1856 Buffalo Coal and Iron Company: Northwestern Pennsylvania Railway: PRR: 1895 1895 Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway: Northumberland County Railway Company: Nypano Railroad: ERIE: 1896 1941 Erie Railroad: Octoraro Railroad: OCTR 2003 2004 East Penn ...