Railtown 1897 State Historic Park

Gold Country & Central Valley

parks

At a glance

Size
24
Established
1982

parks detail

Hook
The still-steaming roundhouse of the Sierra Railway, Hollywood's favorite locomotive stable
More
The Sierra No. 3 locomotive here may be the most filmed engine in history — Back to the Future III, High Noon, Petticoat Junction. Steam-powered excursion trains run seasonally from the 1897 roundhouse, which still services locomotives with original belt-driven machinery.

Getting there

Coordinates
37.955, -120.422

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