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Sacramento

Sacramento, California, United States

Where the transcontinental railroad began. Ground was broken here in 1863 for the Central Pacific's eastward push, and Old Sacramento's waterfront now hosts one of the finest railroad museums in the world.

Railroad Identity

Western terminus of the first transcontinental railroad and home of the California State Railroad Museum.

Ride

  • Sacramento Southern Railroad Excursion — The California State Railroad Museum's own excursion railroad, running along the Sacramento River levee on former Sacramento Southern trackage from the Central Pacific Freight Depot.

Explore

  • California State Railroad Museum — Widely regarded as one of the finest railroad museums in the world, with 19 meticulously restored locomotives and cars telling the story of the transcontinental railroad from the place where it began.