California State Railroad Museum

Follow the labor behind the machine.The museum's 225,000 square feet of locomotives and railcars make industrial scale impossible to miss. Its Chinese Railroad Workers' Experience adds the human scale: Chinese workers formed roughly 90 percent of the labor force that pushed the Central Pacific over the Sierra, often using hand tools while facing dangerous conditions, prejudice, and later exclusion.Begin with the machines, then let the labor story change how you see them. The main museum is broadly accessible and staff can operate wheelchair lifts, but historic cars retain narrow doors, stairs, and constrained interiors. Admission and excursion-train tickets are separate; do not suggest a train ride is included with this free PopHops Pass. More

Follow the labor behind the machine.The museum's 225,000 square feet of locomotives and railcars make industrial scale impossible to miss. Its Chinese Railroad Workers' Experience adds the human scale: Chinese workers formed roughly 90 percent of the labor force that pushed the Central Pacific over the Sierra, often using hand tools while facing dangerous conditions, prejudice, and later exclusion.Begin with the machines, then let the labor story change how you see them. The main museum is broadly accessible and staff can operate wheelchair lifts, but historic cars retain narrow doors, stairs, and constrained interiors. Admission and excursion-train tickets are separate; do not suggest a train ride is included with this free PopHops Pass. More