California State Railroad Museum

California State Railroad Museum is located in the old town section of Sacramento, California. You can spend an entire day looking around this interesting museum. On hand are full size locomotives and passenger cars of every size and description. Upstairs there are displays of toy trains and there is a museum souvenir shop with train related gifts. Every weekend April through September, steam-powered excursion trains depart every hour from the train Depot in Old Sacramento. The train trip lasts about 40 minutes on it's six-mile roundtrip along the Sacramento river.

Even if your not crazy about trains you will still enjoy visiting the California state railroad museum. Just a short walk takes you to the historic old town Sacramento with it's restaurants and unique shops. This whole area is on the banks of the Sacramento River and it's fun to walk around and enjoy the views. There are paid parking lots but you can park in the shopping mall for free, and walk through tunnel to old town.

Address: The California State Railroad Museum is located at 111"I" St Sacramento, CA 95814 in Old Sacramento.
Admission $8 adults; $3 youths ages 6-17; children ages 5 and under are free. Open seven days a week 10 AM - 5 PM