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Former name | California Railway Museum |
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| Established | 1960s |
| Location | 5848 State Highway 12, Suisun City, California |
| Type | Railroad museum |
| Chairperson | Alex Mahshi |
| Curator | Allan Fisher |
| Owner | Bay Area Electric Railroad Association |
| Website | www |
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| Location | 5848 CA Hwy 12, Suisun City, California |
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| Coordinates | 38°12′12″N 121°52′28″W / 38.20333°N 121.87444°W |
| NRHP reference No. | 12000402 |
| Added to NRHP | July 11, 2012 |
The Western Railway Museum, in Solano County, California is located on Highway 12 between Rio Vista and Suisun. The museum is built along the former mainline of the Sacramento Northern Railway. Their collection focuses on trolleys, as it is primarily a museum of interurban transit equipment.
The Western Railway Museum has the largest collection of Sacramento Northern Railway equipment in existence, and the museum also operates a line of the former Sacramento Northern as a heritage railway with scheduled excursions for visitors.
Originally named the California Railway Museum, it was renamed the Western Railway Museum at the beginning of 1985.[1] The museum is operated by the Bay Area Electric Railroad Association (BAERA), a non-profit organization.
- ^ Herlihy, Brian (February 1985). "Preservation [regular news column]". Pacific RailNews. p. 33. ISSN 8750-8486. Archived from the original on June 10, 2019.