Wife, daughter and I took a trip up to Sacramento yesterday, to visit the RR museum. We hadn't been up there since before I started working on the JACALAR (or had even purchased any model trains, except for the Playmobile/LGB kids trains), so I really got to look at everything with a different eye. A fuller sampling of our trip can be found in my facebook album Here's me with Southern Pacific # 6051, an E9A. They normally do not have this loco inside the museum, had just brought it in! (people in this photo are random) And, here's SP's AC-12 #4294
Here's the wife and daughter in the cab of the AC12. Laurel is sitting in the engineer's seat Here's the original Sonoma 4-4-0, along with its live-steam little brother
Sacramento Northern's # 402 switcher (this was in the barn, outside) As was WP's F3A #913 Back inside - this is SP's Pacific 4-6-2 #2467 For lots of other photos, please see the link in the first post. And, if you haven't yet, go to this great museum if you are ever in Sacramento.
Rick, you're not joking, it is an incredible musuem...when I moved to Arizona, I was so disapointed in the Arizona Railway Musuem....ironically, both have the only two surviving Baldwin DRS 6-6-1500's
Yes, the CSRM has a fantastic collection of historical locomotives and artifacts. Sure wish they would host another Railfair, something not to be missed. The first one I attended in 1991 featured 30 (count 'em) steam locomotives fired up. That, along with 3751, is what got me started on this steam trek. Looks like you and the family enjoyed your visit. :tb-biggrin:
Thirty operating steam engines? I wonder if that is possible today? How many were from the museum itself?
Ken, few from the museum except for the ones running short excursions, I think the UP 4466. The big guys were UP 3985 and 844, SP 4449 and SP 2472. Two British locomotives, one really old, the other a CNR 0-6-0, Dan Markham's beautiful "Eureka" on a short narrow gauge panel track, Passumpsic Heisler, Hillcrest Lumber Climax no. 9. I can't locate my brochure from the event, but there were a lot of smaller engines there. I know I get this one and the 1999 event confused. In '99 the 3751 joined the other big guys, plus the SP 2467, Sierra 28, and Shays no.1 from the Mt. Emily lumber co. and 1925 from South Carolina, Graham County, and one from Niles Canyon. Wish my memory was better. :tb-sad:
Definately one of the best Railroad Museums in the USA! Been there several times, and loved it every time.
