chrisp@oliven.UUCP (06/07/84)
Since I haven't seen any mention of this: any subscribers in Northern Calif. or who intend to visit this summer might want to know that the railroad museum in Sacramento will be running excursion trains this summer. Service starts in a week or two and ends after Labor Day. I could not learn anything about the rolling stock. However the engine is the U.P. switcher that has been on static display since the museum opened. The engine is a UP version of SP classes S-9 through S-12.
burton@fortune.UUCP (06/12/84)
#R:oliven:-15000:fortune:8900011:000:763 fortune!burton Jun 11 23:51:00 1984 I just came back from a long weekend in Sac'to, and of course we rode the Rail Museum excursion train. Nice ride, with very mellow (what else, it's California) volunteer train crew. Evenmn mywife, who usually gets dragged along on these thintgs, enjoyed the ride. As a ride, it isn't much. But it's nice to ride behind coal-burning steam in an open car along the banks of a river. The round trip is a bit under one hour. And, of course, the museum is worth the visit. The quality ofo the exhibits reminds me of the Smithsonian, but less, of course. Philip Burton 101 Twin Dolphin Drive-MS 133 Fortune Systems Redwood City, CA 94065 (415) 595-8444 x 526 - - - {ihnp4 [ucbvax | decvax!decwrl]!amd70 harpo hpda }!fortune!burton