California Train Museum List

California Train Museums are amazingly diverse, and important in preserving a significant era and its artifacts in the settlement of California in the early 1800's. While we have not visited a large portion of the museums, some of our very favorites include the Roaring Camp Railroad in Felton because of its amazing rides, California State Railroad Museum because of its pristine collection of cars, trains and memorabilia, and Orange Empire Railroad Museum because of its extensive collection of rail cars significant to transportation in Los Angeles and California during the early to mid-20th century.

California's history of the train is fascinating. The state was often the final stop for a train route during the era in which the nation's infrastructure of transportation was initially built in the mid-to-late 1800s. Trains still connect California with the rest of the nation, and throughout California, a variety of local trains, Amtrak, and trains in museums or operated as historic rides offer a glimpse into a totally different lifestyle in which people connect and have an experience that often features unique views of the topography and landscape of California and its destinations.  In  the right column we've even featured theme parks you can click to and buy tickets that have train or tram rides. Disneyland has a fantastic train. Knott's Berry Farm's train is awesome, too.

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