Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway No. 9 is the last surviving locomotive from the mountain railway. It's currently on loan to the California State Railroad Museum #mounttamalpaisandmuirwoodsrailway #californiastaterailroadmuseum #oldsacramentostatehistoricpark #castateparks #americasstateparks

North Pacific Coast Ry #12, Sonoma, a 4-4-0 narrow gauge locomotive built in 1876. It ran between Sausalito, in Marin County, to the Russian River, in Sonoma County. In 1879 it was sold to a railroad in Nevada. #northpacificcoastrailroad #steamlocomotive #californiastaterailroadmuseum #castateparks

The massive Southern Pacific 4294, a 4-8-8-2 AC-12 class locomotive. It’s the last new steam locomotive purchased by SP and the last of SP’s famous cab-forwards #southernpacificrailroad #cabforward #steamlocomotive #californiastaterailroadmuseum #castateparks

Columbia River Belt Line 7, Skookum, is a preserved 2-4-4-2 “Mallet” type locomotive built in 1909 by Baldwin. #skookum #steamlocomotive #californiastaterailroadmuseum #castateparks

Southern Pacific 4294 details #southernpacificrailroad #cabforward #steamlocomotive #californiastaterailroadmuseum #castateparks
AC-12: The railroad’s classification. “AC” stands for Articulated Consolidation. It was the 12th and final class of this type built for SP.

AT&SF (Santa Fe) Dining Car No. 1474 Cochiti built in 1937 for the famed Super Chief train which ran between Chicago and Los Angeles. It’s named for New Mexico’s Pueblo de Cochiti. #santaferailway #diningcar #superchief #californiastaterailroadmuseum #castateparks

At the California State Railroad Museum I learned about Beebe and Clegg.
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At the California State Railroad Museum I learned about Beebe and Clegg.
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Happy Father’s Day to my dad, Vernon, who had taken me to many railroad museums and on many train watching trips throughout my life. Here is a picture of my dad in the cab of Southern Pacific Cab Forward 4294 at @californiastaterailroadmuseum @csrm_foundation

Olive Dennis was the first female member of the American Railway Engineering Association. Working for the Baltimore & Ohio, she designed the Cincinnatian passenger train, as well as buildings. #WomensHistoryMonth. See this mural of Olive Dennis at @csrm_foundation @californiastaterailroadmuseum

This is the S&P 6402. It was used as a training tool for early diesel engineers. She has such a pretty face.
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We went to the California State Railroad Museum for the first time in about 20 years and loved it.
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