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Restoration work continues on Baggage Car 605 and Coach Car 29.

Restoration work continues on Baggage Car 605 and Coach Car 29.

Restoration work continues on Baggage Car 605 and Coach Car 29.

Restoration work continues on Baggage Car 605 and Coach Car 29.

NWPRRHS President Charlie Siebenthal will present the fifth and final episode of Construction of the North Pacific Coast Railroad. Resuming construction at Occidental, and finishing at Duncan Mills, we will also cover the major sawmills erected along the line as it creeps north through the long gone redwood forests south of the Russian River. Door …

NWPRRHS President Charlie Siebenthal will present the second half of the Lightfoot Collection picture show covering many of the railroads from the North Coast, i.e. Marin, Sonoma, Mendocino and Humboldt Counties. It features a major collection of Mount Tamalpais Railway photos. Coffee and conversation at 7:30, the program  begins at 8:00 p.m..  Free to the …

Restoration work continues on Baggage Car 605 and Coach Car 29.

Baggage Car 605 and Coach Car 29 will be tarped for the winter.

On April 28, 1884, Tiburon became a railroad town, with the completion of the then southern terminus of what would later become the Northwestern Pacific Railroad. Join Phil Cassou and Phil Maslin, of the Tiburon Railroad & Ferry Depot Museum as they unearth stories, legends, and historic photos of Tiburon’s railroad history. Doors open at …

The Sonoma Valley branch of the Northwestern Pacific went through a succession of names and gauges and even a short time as a mono rail. It was never heavily patronized for any length of time but it was the key which opened the door to the economic development of the Sonoma Valley. It also had …