Western Railway Museum, Railway museum in Solano County, California, US.
The Western Railway Museum is a railway collection in Solano County housing around a hundred historic vehicles spanning different eras of American rail history. The focus centers on electric streetcars and interurban trains, particularly equipment from the Sacramento Northern Railway.
The institution started in the 1960s as the California Railway Museum and adopted its current name in 1985 to distinguish itself from a state museum. A turning point came in 1994 when the museum acquired a significant rail line, making authentic historic operations possible.
The collection here tells the story of how electric trains once connected towns and shaped daily travel for ordinary people. Visitors can see the actual cars that transported commuters and travelers across the region for decades.
Visitors can come on weekends and choose between shorter streetcar rides and longer interurban journeys that run on the historic tracks. It helps to wear comfortable shoes and allow time for exploring the vehicles on site.
The museum operates authentic journeys on genuine original rails that were part of a discontinued long-distance line rather than on reproductions or purpose-built museum tracks. This feature lets visitors experience the ride as passengers did decades ago.
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