California State Railroad Museum

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history museum railway museum transport museum

The California State Railroad Museum is a major railway history museum in Sacramento showcasing historic locomotives, rolling stock, and exhibits on the development of railroads in California and the American West.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
California State Railroad Museum Foundation	2
California State Railroad Museum (as part of the state parks system)	1
Central Pacific Railroad No. 1 Governor Stanford	1
Central Pacific Railroad passenger station (reconstruction)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	history museum ⓘ railway museum ⓘ transport museum ⓘ
city	Sacramento ⓘ
collectionSize	dozens of railroad cars ⓘ over 20 locomotives ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dedicatedTo	railroad history of California ⓘ railroad history of the American West ⓘ
focusesOnPeriod	19th-century railroad development ⓘ 20th-century railroad operations ⓘ
hasExhibit	cabooses ⓘ freight cars ⓘ historic locomotives ⓘ historic rolling stock ⓘ interpretive exhibits on railroad technology ⓘ interpretive exhibits on railroad workers ⓘ interpretive exhibits on transcontinental railroad ⓘ model railroad layouts ⓘ passenger cars ⓘ railroad photography exhibits ⓘ
hasFacility	library and archives ⓘ main exhibit building ⓘ museum store ⓘ restored 19th-century railroad depot ⓘ roundhouse-style display area ⓘ theater ⓘ
heritageRailOperation	Sacramento Southern Railroad ⓘ
inception	1976 ⓘ
locatedIn	Old Sacramento ⓘ Old Sacramento ⓘ surface form: Old Sacramento State Historic Park
name	California State Railroad Museum self-link ⓘ
notableItem	Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe 4-8-4 locomotive ⓘ California State Railroad Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Central Pacific Railroad No. 1 Governor Stanford Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive ⓘ
offers	educational programs ⓘ guided tours ⓘ heritage train rides ⓘ school group programs ⓘ special exhibitions ⓘ
openingDate	1981 ⓘ
operatedBy	California State Railroad Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: California State Railroad Museum Foundation
ownedBy	California Department of Parks and Recreation ⓘ
railwayLineUsed	former Southern Pacific Railroad line along the Sacramento River ⓘ
seasonalOperation	excursion trains on weekends ⓘ
significance	major tourist attraction in Sacramento ⓘ one of the largest railway museums in North America ⓘ
state	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
visitorCount	hundreds of thousands of visitors per year ⓘ
website	https://www.californiarailroad.museum/ ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sacramento Southern Railroad → connectsWith → California State Railroad Museum ⓘ

Sacramento → hasMuseum → California State Railroad Museum ⓘ

Old Sacramento → hasPart → California State Railroad Museum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Pacific Railroad passenger station (reconstruction)

California State Railroad Museum → name → California State Railroad Museum self-link ⓘ

California State Railroad Museum → notableItem → California State Railroad Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Pacific Railroad No. 1 Governor Stanford

California State Railroad Museum → operatedBy → California State Railroad Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: California State Railroad Museum Foundation

California Department of Parks and Recreation → operates → California State Railroad Museum ⓘ

this entity surface form: California State Railroad Museum (as part of the state parks system)

Sacramento Southern Railroad → operator → California State Railroad Museum ⓘ

Sacramento Southern Railroad → owner → California State Railroad Museum ⓘ

Sacramento Southern Railroad → parentOrganization → California State Railroad Museum ⓘ

this entity surface form: California State Railroad Museum Foundation

Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive → preservedExampleLocation → California State Railroad Museum ⓘ