Goleta Railroad Museum
The South Coast Railroad Museum in Goleta, California is a showplace for the Goleta Depot, a preserved 1901 Southern Pacific Railroad train station. The museum also features the Goleta Short Line, a 7+1⁄2 in gauge miniature railroad, a Southern Pacific bay-window caboose, and a model train layout room, set in a panorama of the cities of Goleta and Santa Barbara, California, in the early 1940’s.- Opening hours:
Monday—Thursday: closed
Friday—Saturday: 11:00 AM—5:00 PM
Sunday: 11:00 AM—4:00 PM - Type: Museum
- Description: railroad museum in Goleta, California
- Also known as: “South Coast Railroad Museum”
- Address: 300 North Los Carneros Road, Goleta, CA 93117
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Goleta Depot and Stow House.
Goleta Depot
Railway station
Goleta Depot is a train station building in Goleta, California constructed by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1901, as part of the completion of the Coast Route linking Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Stow House
Museum
The Stow House is a U.S. historical landmark in Goleta, California, United States. Formerly the headquarters of Rancho La Patera, the Stow House, in the Carpenter Gothic style, is now the headquarters of Goleta Historical Society which preserves and interprets the history of the Goleta Valley. Stow House is situated 370 feet northeast of Goleta Railroad Museum.
Goleta station
Railway station
Photo: Dreamyshade, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Goleta station is a passenger rail station in the city of Goleta, California. It is served by the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner; it is the northern terminal for three of those round trips. Goleta station is situated 3,300 feet southeast of Goleta Railroad Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Goleta and Isla Vista.
Goleta
Photo: Damian Gadal, CC BY 2.0.
Goleta is a city a few miles west of Santa Barbara and part of the contiguous urban area of Santa Barbara, within Santa Barbara County, California. This article also covers the unincorporated community of Isla Vista, which is home to the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Isla Vista
Town
Goleta is a city a few miles west of Santa Barbara and part of the contiguous urban area of Santa Barbara, within Santa Barbara County, California. This article also covers the unincorporated community of Isla Vista, which is home to the University of California at Santa Barbara. Isla Vista is situated 2 miles south of Goleta Railroad Museum.
Hope Ranch
Hamlet
Photo: Antandrus, Public domain.
Hope Ranch is an unincorporated coastal suburb of Santa Barbara, California, located in Santa Barbara County. It is bounded on the east by Santa Barbara, on the north and west by the unincorporated area of the eastern Goleta Valley, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. Hope Ranch is situated 5 miles east of Goleta Railroad Museum.
Goleta Railroad Museum
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Santa Barbara County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.44237° or 34° 26′ 33″ northLongitude
-119.85269° or 119° 51′ 10″ westElevation
79 feet (24 metres)Open location code
8562C4RW+WWOpenStreetMap ID
way 1478616120OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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