Last of her kind, Southern Pacific AC-12 Class "Cab-Forward" #4294 was also the last new steam locomotive ordered by the Southern Pacific Railroad. Designed to battle the long, steep gr... (more)

Paired with an original Virginia & Truckee combine, 4-4-0 #12, "Genoa" is on display inside an 1884 Phoenix Bridge Company truss bridge at the California State Railroad Museum. Both &qu... (more)

Sacramento Southern SW8 #2008, formerly an Army brat from the Aberdeen Proving Grounds, passes the Tower Bridge on its way along the Sacramento River. The California State Capitol is in the backg... (more)

One of my favorite Virginia & Truckee locomotives, "J. W. Bowker" is a 1875 product of Burnham, Parry, Williams & Co. Currently on display beneath the train shed of the reconstructed Central Pacif... (more)

Purchased soon after the Virginia & Truckee connected to the Central Pacific, 2-6-0 #13, "Empire", was delivered from M. Baird & Co. in 1873. Since 1981, "Empire" has been on display inside the C... (more)

Resplendent in brass and Russian Iron, North Pacific Coast #12, "Sonoma", stands proudly within the main hall of the California State Railroad Museum. A graduate of the Class of 1876 of Burnham, ... (more)

California, 1943- a female hostler has just finished tending to P-8 Pacific #2467 inside the Sacramento Roundhouse. Soon the husky Pacific will be backed out, serviced, and assigned to a troop tr... (more)

Forever enshrined within the walls of the California State Railroad Museum, Central Pacific #1, "Gov. Stanford" shines immaculately within a hard-rock diorama. This scene is representative of the... (more)

On the next to last day of its trip, the Louisiana World's Fair Daylight prepares for departure from Sacramento. Because of mechanical problems, the train would not reach Klamath Falls, Oregon for... (more)

Former Southern Pacific Railroad, Baldwin class of 1921 heavy Pacific. One of two Espee Pacifics restored post-steam era. She is on loan to CSRM by the Pacific Locomotive Association, last operate... (more)

Former American Creosote Works Plant- now CSRM- GE 25 ton switcher moves an Espee rotary snow plow out of the roundhouse for a private event.

Two CSRM members have their 1952 General Electric 25-ton switch engine on the turntable to move some equipment for a private event inside the roundhouse. This 25 ton switcher was originally built... (more)

This rotary plow was built in 1920 as a conventional steam powered rotary snow plow at the American Locomotive Company Cooke works in 1920. In 1958 it was rebuilt as an electrically powered plow, ... (more)

Baldwin class of 1944 from ATSF in Sacramento. This 2-10-4, recently received a cosmetic touch up to make its appearance less of the eye sore that it was in recent years. Wouldn't it have been som... (more)

The last Capitol of the day has just departed Sacramento. It is about to rattle over the diamond with the Yolo Short Line. The shortline trackage was originally electrified, using a third rail.