25th Consecutive Year of Excursion

Opening weekend for the 25th consecutive year of excursion train operations on the Museum’s Sacramento Southern Railroad! Beginning this weekend, and continuing every weekend through September, experience the sights, smells, and sounds of a real, working steam locomotive as it pulls vintage passenger coaches and converted freight cars along the levees of the Sacramento River. Regular steam-powered excursion trains depart Saturdays and Sundays, on-the-hour 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., from the Central Pacific Freight Depot in Old Sacramento. Climb aboard for a relaxing 40-minute, 6-mile roundtrip ride. New for 2008: The addition of beautifully refurbished observation-lounge car “El Dorado,” as a first-class riding opportunity

General Admission: $8 adults, $3 youths ages 6-17, ages 5 and under free