Portola Railroad Museum - Portola Train

  • Address: 700 Western Pacific Way, Portola, CA 96122
  • Phone: 5308324131
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  • Website:www.oz.net
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5.0
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Portola Railroad Museum
700 Western Pacific Way
Portola, CA 96122

Portola Railroad Museum Details

Descriptions from Across the Web

  • The theme of the museum is an operating small railroad locomotive facility typical of the 1940's, 50's and 60's. -- The museum is a 37 acre Western Pacific diesel shop that was used from 1954 until 1974. The property is leased by Union Pacific to the Feather River Rail Society. The site includes ... more on MuseumStuff.com
  • Historical railroad museum featuring a unique Run-a-Locomotive program, which allows anyone to rent and operate ... more on TripAdvisor

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4.0
Drive a Real Train

The Portola Train Museum is not quite on par with the Sacramento Train Museum (which is, by the way, amazing). In general, it's more geared towards railroad buffs than kids. But what distinguishes this train museum is the opportunity to learn how to drive an actual diesel engine. The train yard i... ToddlerDad, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

5.0
Andrew S. 's review

Absolutely fu*king awesome!! Why do I say that? Because I was actually able to operate a real diesel locomotive! Yes, an honest to God 120-ton diesel ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

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  • http://www.visitcalifornia.com

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