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California State Railroad Museum

TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 97 attractions in Sacramento
Traveler Description: North America's largest railroad museum draws more than 500,000 train enthusiasts annually.
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Attraction type: History museum, Transportation museum, Specialty museum, Museum
Activities: Arts and crafts
Address: 111"I" St Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: 916 445 6645
Fax: 916 327 5655

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Reviews of California State Railroad Museum

( 1-5 of 5 )
Jul 26, 2008

EVERYONE in my family enjoyed this place. (And my children are in their 20's and older) Loved the ability to walk through some older train cars and see what they were like. Just a great place to visit and enjoy. more

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5 of 5 stars
Los Angeles
Jul 5, 2008

This is absolutely one of the best museums either of us have ever visited. My mechanically inclined husband already likes trains, so we knew HE would like it, but speaking as a person who does not normally get excited about mechanical objects (they don't have feelings, so who cares?), I can truthfully say I was blown away by how this... more

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5 of 5 stars
San Jose, CA
Aug 10, 2007
3/3 found this review helpful

This was one of the highlights of our recent vacation! The trains on display are real! They even have many of the older cars set up for you to tour through. The cars are set up to be as authentic as they were when they were in use! They even have one car the simulates the motion of being on... more

Jul 27, 2007
4/4 found this review helpful

We felt hurried trying to squeeze our visit into an hour and a half with lots of picture-taking. This place has some beautiful displays, and folks everywhere in the museum had their cameras flashing like we did. From the breathtaking first display to the walk-through sleeper car with simulated movement, lights and sounds, everything in this museum was well-presented and... more

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5 of 5 stars
Redwood City, CA
Apr 3, 2005
19/23 found this review helpful

We took our train crazed son to this museum and he loved it! The first floor has about a dozen or more engines and specialty cars to look at. Upstairs there are displays of toy trains. We spent about 1 hour and a half looking around and climbing through train cars. We also road the steam engine that runs weekends... more

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California State Railroad Museum Address

111"I" St, Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: 916 445 6645 Fax: 916 327 5655