California State Railroad Museum
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🚂 Train · Sacramento
3.5 hours · $$ · No reservation needed
- 🚗About 120 min driveFrom Sunnyvale · Parking: Old Sacramento garage about $2/hour
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Lots of shadeRain-OK · Handles heat
- ⏱️Typical visit: 3.5 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall · Winter
The best railroad museum in North America: 21 full-size vintage locomotives you can walk through and climb aboard, plus a whole floor of toy train tables upstairs; on weekends April-September you can ride a real steam train along the river.
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