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This former Southern Pacific route is now a trail.
Tom Weber
posted three photos with the comment:
Sonoma Depot Museum in Sonoma, CA was originally built sometime between 1875-1880 by the narrow-gauge Sonoma Valley Railroad located in Sonoma Plaza.
The station was relocated about 1000 feet north of its original site in 1890 as the town grew. In 1907, the Sonoma Valley Railroad Company became the Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company.
Passenger service ended in 1942, and the last train arrived in Sonoma in 1968 with the station remaining as crew quarters until the early 1970’s.
The city of Sonoma acquired the depot to preserve it as a historic site with the depot being added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 3, 1975. Ironically the building was destroyed just a year later in a fire. The depot was completely rebuilt in 1979, and operates today as a museum.
Southern Pacific 1130 on display outside the Sonoma Depot is a C-40-3 cupola caboose built by SP between 1940-1942.
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It appears to be an accurate replica, at least on the exterior, because it has a freight handling door.
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| Helen Chen, Jun 2022 |
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