Outside/Prototype Tours
Page last updated: April 27, 2019
Diamond Rails Forever 2019 PCR Convention is pleased to announce that we have arranged several exceptional tours for this convention. Transportation will be provided for most tours.
Tickets for all tours are now on sale at the Company Store.
Confirmed Tours
Thursday
McClellan Aerospace Museum of California
Description: Explore one of aviation’s greatest showcases at our spacious Aerospace Museum located at McClellan Business Park in Sacramento. Learn about aviation’s past, present and future. Our 37,500 square-foot Hardie Setzer Aerospace Museum Pavilion covers over 4 acres and houses over 50 historic aircraft.
Location: 3200 Freedom Park Drive, McClellan, CA 95652
Date: Thursday May 2.
Time: 10:30am – 12:30pm
Cost Each: $8 / each for Exhibition Hall & Air Park Tour
Transportation Cost: Self-drive
Available Seats: 10 to 20
Photos: Yes
Accessibility: Fully accessible
Special Requirements: Age 14 and older.
Capital Public Radio
Description: Capital Public Radio Network provides high quality, credible, timely and thoughtful coverage of state government in Sacramento. Provides a trusted and indispensable source of information, music, and entertainment while strengthening the civic and cultural life of the communities we serve. Local news, talk and music is locally produced and edited. Large community engagement department, and a nice flower and fruit garden, too.
Location: 7055 Folsom Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95826-2625
Date: Thursday, May 2.
Bus Departs MCC: 8:45am
Time: 9:30 – 10:45am
Cost Each: Free
Transportation Cost: Self-drive (Bus canceled)
Available Seats: 8 to a max of 12
Photos: Yes
Accessibility: Wheel chair level floor
Special Requirements: None
Siemens Light Rail Car Factory in Sacramento
Description: Automation and mobility in light rail for USA. Cars are constructed here for delivery across the states. Concepts that make transport more efficient are in demand with the ever-increasing need for mobility. With our long-standing transport expertise and our IT know-how. As a single source supplier and system integrator, Siemens bundles the necessary expertise to meet these passenger requirements with innovations, and to allow transportation system providers to optimally deploy infrastructure and vehicles.
Location: 7464 French Rd, Sacramento, CA 95828 (Florin)
Date: Thursday, May 2.
Bus Departs MCC: 10:10am (time change)
Time: 11am – 1pm (time change – 1 hour later)
Bus Leaves Siemens: 1:15pm
Bus Returns MCC: 1:50pm
Cost of tour: $35.00
Available Seats: 14
Photos: Unknown
Accessibility: Uneven walking spaces. Mostly outside or in non-air conditioned space. Not suitable for those in wheel chairs or using walkers.
Special Requirements: Steel-toed shoes are required and NOT provided by Siemens. They will provide hearing protection and safety glasses.
Tickets for all tours are now on sale at the Company Store.
Friday
HackerLab Rocklin
Description: We believe that technology can change the world and the starting point is education. Hacker Lab aims to educate folks and seed startups with community driven resources. Collectively we can build a brighter future using lean methods in both education and business. We provide a Maker Space with over $500 worth of advanced fabrication equipment.
Location: 4415 Granite Dr, Rocklin, 916-514-7044
Date: Thursday, May 2.
Bus Departs MCC: 11:10am
Time: 12noon – 1:30pm
Bus Leaves HackerLab: 1:40pm
Bus Returns MCC: 2:15pm
Cost of tour: $25.00
Available Seats: 14
Photos: Yes
Accessibility: Wheel chair ramp. Elevator inside. Noise if equipment is operating.
Special Requirements: None
State Museum Collection Center
Description: California State Parks is the steward of historical collections that have been developed over the past 130 years. The State Museum Collections Center (SMCC) serves as the repository for over 1 million historic objects and artifacts from parks throughout the state. At SMCC, State Park Curators, Archivists, and Collections Managers care for and manage California’s largest collection of artifacts, archival documents, and photographs. The recently renovated building provides 160,000 square feet of space dedicated to museum collections care.
Location: Southwest side of McClellan at 4940 Lang Ave, McClellan, CA 95652.
Date: Friday, May 3.
Bus Departs MCC: 12:40pm
Time: 1:00 – 2:30pm
Bus Leaves Museum: 2:45pm
Bus Returns MCC: 2:55pm
Cost of tour: $25.00
Available Seats: 14
Photos: NO. No camera and no cell-phone shots.
Accessibility: Wheel chair ramps. Cooler temps inside building, walking 1 mile on concrete floor. Content is geared for people 14 years and older. Comfortable shoes and a light sweater are recommended for guided facility walking tours.
Special Requirements: None
Sierra Northern in Woodland – Murder Mystery/Dinner Train
CANCELED
Tickets for all tours are now on sale at the Company Store.
Saturday
Sierra Northern in Woodland, aka Sacramento River Train
Description: River Train Excursion: Take part in your own gem panning experience on this weekend cruise. It showcases Gold Rush history. Halfway through the train ride we will stop at our river-side park and de-board so guests can do their own gem mining! Each ticket includes the 2.5-hour train ride. Light concession snacks, such as chips, candy, bottled water and soda, will be for sale on the train. NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR DRINK ARE ALLOWED ON THE TRAIN.
Location: 400 N. Harbor Blvd, West Sacramento, CA 95605 (near Bryte Bend Water Treatment plant).
Bus Departs MCC: 10:50am
Time: (arrive 11:30) 12 noon – 2:30pm
Bus Leaves River Train: 2:40pm
Bus Returns MCC: 3:15pm
Cost Each: $80.00 Includes lunch with sandwich choices: Ham, Turkey, or Vegetable
Available Seats: Minimum of 15 to get this pricing. Max of 14 (bus seating)
Photos: Yes
Accessibility: Must be able to walk up stairs.
California State Railroad Museum Docent-led Tour
Description: From the immaculately restored, iconic engines and rolling stock to rotating exhibits carefully curated to illuminate life along the historic California railways, the exhibits are sure to enthrall both the most avid rail enthusiasts and first time visitors alike. Current exhibits include:
- JUST ADDED: Special for the 150th anniversary of trans-continental railroad is Theodore Judah’s 1861 Central Pacific Railroad Proposed Alignment Map. This 66 foot long vellum map (in four sections) is on display thru May 24th. The route is Rocklin to the summit of the Sierra Nevada down to the future town of Truckee.
- Fast Tracks: The World of High Speed Rail
- Building America: Abraham Lincoln and the Union Pacific Railroad
- A City Divided and the Pullman Strike of 1894
- A Shift in Power: STEM Learning Experience
- Off the Clock: Sports Clubs of the Southern Pacific
Location: 125 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Bus Departs MCC: 10:50am
Time: (arrive 11:30) 12 noon – 2:00pm
Bus Leaves Museum: 2:10pm
Bus Returns MCC: 3:15pm
Cost Each: $37.00
Available Seats: 12
Photos: Yes
Accessibility: Fully accessible
Special Requirements: None