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Resource Guide Index Places Home Page Quick Guide Name, City, Type of Resource		These are places about railroads. Although many have trains or cars for you to ride, our Railways pages are all about where to get onboard. The places in this Railroad section help explain the history and lore of railroading.
	Railroads Alaska - California (Nevada City)
	Railroad Pages: AK-CA, CA, CO-FL, GA-IN, KS-LA, MA-ME, MI-MT, NE-NM, NV-NY, OH-SD, TN-TX, UT-ZZ
	Alaska Anchorage Alaska Railroad PO Box 107500 Anchorage AK Phone Web Site www.akrr.com Toll Free 800 544-0552 Description full service freight and passenger road serving Alaska Type of Resource Getting There Primary Focus Railroad Last changed: 01/12/2003 Alaska Skagway White Pass & Yukon Route PO Box 435 Skagway AK Phone 907 983-2217 Web Site www.whitepassrailroad.com Toll Free 800 343-7373 Description routes built to serve miners in the early 1900s, various tours 20-40 miles Type of Resource Railway Primary Focus Railroad Last changed: 01/12/2003

powered by FreeFind	Alabama Calera Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum 1919 9th Street PO Box 727 Calera AL 35040 Phone 205 668-3435 Web Site http://www.hodrrm.org/ Toll Free 800 943-4490 E-mail mailto:mgarner@hodrrm.org Description operates Calera & Shelby RR, depot museum in Calera Type of Resource Railway Primary Focus Railroad New or Updated: 6/27/2007 Huntsville North Alabama Railroad Museum 694 Chase Road NE PO Box 4163 Huntsville AL 35811 Phone 256 851-6276 Web Site www.suncompsvc.com/narm/ Description 10 mile round trip through wooded area Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Railroad Building Type Depot Last changed: 01/08/2003
	AR Mammoth Spring Mammoth Spring State Park Depot Museum US 63 PO Box 36 Mammoth Spring AR 72554 Phone 870 625-7364 Alt Phone 870 625-7382 Web Site http://www.arkansasstateparks.com/mammothspring E-mail mammoth@ozarks.com Alt Web http://www.historystateparks.com/museums/ Description park and railroad memorabilia including Frisco caboose Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Railroad Building Type Depot Era 1886 New or Updated: 11/20/2006 Arkansas Prescott Nevada County Depot & Museum 400 West First St South PO Box 592 Prescott AR 71857 Phone 870 887-5821 Web Site http://www.depotmuseum.org/ E-mail mailto:online@depotmuseum.org Description in recently restored Missouri Pacific depot, reopening scheduled mid-2003 Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Railroad Era 1912 Last changed: 03/08/2003
	AZ Chandler Arizona Railway Museum 399 N Delaware Street MAIL PO Box 842 Chandler AZ 85224 Phone 480 821-1108 Web Site http://www.azrymuseum.org/ E-mail mailto:azrrm@paloverde.com Description focus on equipment - 2 locomotives, 4 passenger cars, a dozen more; rail artifacts Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Railroad Collection Rolling Stock New or Updated: 5/4/2006 Clarkdale Verde Canyon Railroad 300 N Broadway Clarkdale AZ 86324 Phone 520 639-0010 Web Site http://www.verdecanyonrr.com/ Toll Free 800 320-0718 E-mail mailto:info@verdecanyonrr.com Description 4 hour train ride through desert canyons Type of Resource Railway Primary Focus Railroad NKind of Activity Train Ride New or Updated: 9/15/2006 AZ Phoenix Adobe Western Railroad Museum & Desert Railroad 23280 North 43rd Avenue #75 Phoenix AZ 85310 Phone 623 974-0125 Web Site http://www.maricopalivesteamers.com/index.html E-mail mailto:dickg@azboss.com Alt Web http://www.azcama.com/museums/adobe_railroad.html Description minature (but ridable) live steam locomotives & car, Arizona model Railroad Society, Sahuaro Central RR HSP also on park grounds Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Railroad Collection G-M Model Railroad Owner/Operator: Sahuaro Central RR Heritage Preservation Soc New or Updated: 10/19/2006 Arizona Williams Grand Canyon Railway 233 N Grand Canyon Boulevard Williams AZ 86046 Web Site http://www.thetrain.com/ Toll Free 800 843-8724 Description train rides to the edge of the Grand Canyon, gunfights staged at depot Type of Resource Railway Primary Focus Railroad New or Updated: 1/17/2006 Yuma Yuma Valley Railway 8th Street, 8 miles west of town PO Box 10305 Yuma AZ 85366 Phone 928 783-3456 Alt Phone 520 782-9629 Web Site *** Alt Web http://www.visityuma.com/attraction.htm Description ride 1922 Pullman coach on 34 mile trip through desert and along Colorado Type of Resource Railway Primary Focus Railroad New or Updated:** 11/16/2004
	California *** Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum Address * Phone Web Site http://cprr.org Description web-based collection of thousands of photos and drawings of the transcontinental railroad Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Railroad Kind of Activity Link List Nature of Group or Site Online Museum Collection N-Z Photography New or Updated:** 07/09/2003
	California Campo Pacific Southwest Railway 31123 1/2 Highway 94 MAIL 4695 Nebo Dr, La Mesa CA 91941 Campo CA 91906 Phone 619 465-7776 Alt Phone 619 478-9937 Web Site http://www.sdrm.org/ Description group runs San Diego Railroad Museum with 2 depots and library Type of Resource Railway Primary Focus Railroad Kind of Activity Train Ride Collection N-Z Rolling Stock Research /Reading Library New or Updated: 07/09/2003
	California Fillmore Fillmore & Western Railway 250 Central Avenue Fillmore CA 93015 Phone 890 524-2546 Web Site www.fwry.com Toll Free 800 773-8724 Description excursion rides -- various tours & times, specialty trips, film division Type of Resource Railway Primary Focus Railroad New or Updated: 07/08/2003 California Fillmore Santa Clara River Valley Railroad Historical Society 445 Main Street Fillmore CA Phone 805 524-2254 Web Site http://www.scrvrhs.org/ Toll Free 888 340-4182 Description acquisition, preservation, restoration, exhibition, operation -- multiple activities, new home in former fire station Type of Resource History Related Organization Primary Focus Railroad Building Type Firehouse New or Updated: 07/09/2003
	California Fish Camp Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad 56001 Highway 41 Fish Camp CA 93623 Phone 559 683-7273 Web Site http://www.ymsprr.com/ Description 4 mile excursion on former logging route through Sierra National Forest at south gate of Yosemite Park Type of Resource Railway Primary Focus Railroad New or Updated: 04/04/2003 CA Fremont Patterson House at Ardenwood Farm 34600 Ardenwood Boulevard Fremont CA 94555 Phone 510 796-0663 Web Site http://www.ebparks.org/parks/arden.htm E-mail mailto:ardenwood@ebparks.org Alt Web http://www.fremont.gov/Recreation/ArdenwoodPark/default.htm Description house, animals, horse drawn railroad on working farm Type of Resource House Museum Primary Focus Railroad Building Type Farm Nature of Group or Site Animals New or Updated: 09/25/2003 California Fremont Niles Canyon Railway DEPOT: Sunol Depot, 6 Kilkare Rd Sunol CA PO Box 2247 Fremont CA 94536 Phone 925 862-9063 Web Site www.ncry.org Description trips through scenic northern California, also collection of locomotives & rolling stock Type of Resource Railway Primary Focus Railroad Kind of Activity Train Rides Collection N-Z Rolling Stock Owner/Operator: Pacific Locomotive Association New or Updated: 07/08/2003 California Fullerton Fullerton Railway Plaza Association Fullerton Santa Fe Depot, 124 E Santa Fe Ave MAIL: PO Box 3987 Fullerton 92834 Fullerton CA 92832 Phone 714 278-0648 Web Site http://www.trainweb.com/frpa/ E-mail mailto:info@scrmf.org Description developing rail museum & restoration center at former depot Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Railroad Building Type Depot New or Updated: 07/11/2003 California Jamestown Railtown 1897 State Historic Park PO Box 1250 Jamestown CA 95327 Phone 209 984-3953 Alt Phone 916 445-6645 Web Site http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=491 Description Type of Resource Railway Primary Focus Railroad Kind of Activity Train Rides New or Updated: 07/11/2003 CA Lomita Lomita Railroad Museum 2137 West 250th St Lomita CA 90717 Phone 310 326-6255 Web Site http://www.lomita-rr.org/ E-mail mailto:m.martinez@lomita.com Description built in 1966, modeled after a late 19th century depot Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Railroad Collection N-Z Rolling Stock New or Updated: 12/30/2005 California Long Beach Electric Railway Historical Assoc of S California 1 World Trade Center PO Box 32161 Long Beach CA 90832 Phone Web Site http://www.erha.org/ E-mail members@erha.org Description meets once a month, sponsors rail fan trips and special events, web site features information on CA electric, cable, and traction lines Type of Resource History Related Organization Primary Focus Railroad Nature of Group or Site Association New or Updated: 04/29/2003 California Los Angeles Los Angeles Railroad Heritage Foundation Address Los Angeles CA Phone Web Site http://www.larhf.org/ Description dedicated to LA area railroading, sponsors events, publications, exhibits Type of Resource History Related Organization Primary Focus Railroad Nature of Group or Site Association New or Updated: 07/08/2003 California Los Angeles Southern California Scenic Railway Association PO Box 39727 Los Angeles CA 90039 Phone Web Site http://www.scsra.org/intro.html Description promotes rail activities & history Type of Resource Railway Primary Focus Railroad Nature of Group or Site Association Collection N-Z Model Railroad New or Updated: 07/11/2003 California Los Angeles Travel Town Museum 5200 Zoo Drive MAIL: Dept of Recreation & Parks, 3900 W Chevy Chase Dr, MS 656-3, LA 90039 Los Angeles CA 90072 Phone 323 662-5874 Alt Phone 213 485-5520 Web Site http://www.ci.la.ca.us/RAP/grifmet/tt/information.htm Alt Web http://www.scsra.org/ttown/ Description located in Griffith Park, contains steam locomotives, vintage freight & passenger cars, cabooses, rail car motorcar Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Railroad Collection N-Z Rolling Stock Owner/Operator: City of Los Angeles New or Updated: 07/11/2003 California Napa Napa Valley Wine Train 1275 McKinstry St Napa CA 94559 Phone 707 253-2111 Web Site http://www.winetrain.com/ Toll Free 800 427-4124 E-mail mailto:group@winetrain.com;sales@winetrain.com Description 3 hour tours through vineyard region in vintage cars Type of Resource Railway Primary Focus Railroad New or Updated: 07/08/2003 California Nevada City Nevada County Traction Co 400 Railroad Avenue Nevada City CA 95959 Phone 530 265-0896 Web Site http://www.ncgold.com/PlacestoStay/NorthernQueen/nctc.html Description 1 1/2 hour tour through train relic collection & Chinese Cemetery, concentrates on Chinese immigration during Gold Rush Type of Resource Railway Primary Focus Railroad Group Identity Chinese Era 1860		Country Inns Web Only Rates Now Get it all for Less. Visit Cheap Tickets today. Google
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