Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
About Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, and its operating entity, the Sierra Railway, is known as "The Movie Railroad." Both entities are a heritage railway and are a unit of the California State Park System. Railtown 1897 is located in Jamestown, California. The entire park preserves the historic core of the original Sierra Railway of California (later reincorporated as the Sierra Railroad). The railway's Jamestown locomotive and rolling stock maintenance facilities are remarkably intact and continue to function much as they have for over 100 years. The maintenance facilities are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Sierra Railway Shops Historic District.
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- Founded
- 1992
Photos of Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
01Tuolumne CountyEd Bierman · CC BY 2.0
02Inside Railtown State Historic ParkDTParker1000 · CC BY-SA 3.0
03Blacksmith shop Jamestown interiorCullen328 · CC BY-SA 3.0
04SpeederEd Bierman · CC BY 2.0
05Mining Wagon JamestownEd Bierman · CC BY 2.0
06Sierra Railroad Machine Shop, Jamestown, CA.DTParker1000 · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Nearby museums
Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 13 miles of Railtown 1897 State Historic Park; the closest, Tuolumne City Memorial Museum, is about 9.9 miles away.
