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You’ve seen it in countless movies and TV shows, High Noon, Back To The Furture III, The Wild Wild West – the “Movie Steam Train” in Jamestown, California. In the heart of the Sierra Nevada foothills, about 4 hours from San Francisco on Highway 108, a few miles from the Highway 120 Junction turnoff to Yosemite National Park – and just a mile from where gold was discovered in the southern Mother Lode at Woods Creek – Jamestown’s Railtown 1897 is run by the California State Park system and the California Railroad Museum association. And for anyone who loves movies and has a child’s excitement at the steam jet clank of a locomotive chugging upgrade, a visit to this cultural icon of film and rail history should be mandatory.

Operating sierra steam rail roundhouse photo

The Railtown facility has one of the only surviving and operating roundhouses on the west coast. Every Saturday and Sunday, April through October, steam train rides travel through the Gold Country unique green and gold chapparal. Trains leave the depot past the water tower famous from 60’s TV “Pettycoat Junction” on-the-hour 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and special theme excursions are offered on holidays and special occasions, including wine and cheese trips in the summer. The steam train rides are operated by the Sierra Railroad which also runs a dinner train from the Oakdale end of the line (see Dinner Train, Murder Mystery and Rodeo).

Operating steam locomotive rail town photo

Jamestown itself is a smallish rustic throwback to California’s Gold Rush days, streets of antique shops mixed with watering holes where both bikers and the mountain nouveau gentry who commute to the big valley congregate for some of the local beer brews or a Bud. And the the "Jimtown Frosty" for a Rootbeer Float has been a landmark for travelers into the Sierra mountains for camping, fishing and skiing for many years. Jamestown is also home to several historic hotels and quaint bed & breakfasts. © Bargain Travel West

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JAMESTOWN MOVIE STEAM TRAIN
California Gold Country Movie History

You’ve seen it in countless movies and TV shows, High Noon, Back To The Furture III, The Wild Wild West – the “Movie Steam Train” in Jamestown, California. In the heart of the Sierra Nevada foothills, about 4 hours from San Francisco on Highway 108, a few miles from the Highway 120 Junction turnoff to Yosemite National Park – and just a mile from where gold was discovered in the southern Mother Lode at Woods Creek – Jamestown’s Railtown 1897 is run by the California State Park system and the California Railroad Museum association. And for anyone who loves movies and has a child’s excitement at the steam jet clank of a locomotive chugging upgrade, a visit to this cultural icon of film and rail history should be mandatory.

The Railtown facility has one of the only surviving and operating roundhouses on the west coast. Every Saturday and Sunday, April through October, steam train rides travel through the Gold Country unique green and gold chapparal. Trains leave the depot past the water tower famous from 60’s TV “Pettycoat Junction” on-the-hour 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and special theme excursions are offered on holidays and special occasions, including wine and cheese trips in the summer. The steam train rides are operated by the Sierra Railroad which also runs a dinner train from the Oakdale end of the line (see Dinner Train, Murder Mystery and Rodeo).

Jamestown itself is a smallish rustic throwback to California’s Gold Rush days, streets of antique shops mixed with watering holes where both bikers and the mountain nouveau gentry who commute to the big valley congregate for some of the local beer brews or a Bud. And the the "Jimtown Frosty" for a Rootbeer Float has been a landmark for travelers into the Sierra mountains for camping, fishing and skiing for many years. Jamestown is also home to several historic hotels and quaint bed & breakfasts. © Bargain Travel West

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