Owned and operated by the California State Railroad Museum, the hard-working and heavy duty 80-foot turntable located at the west end of the Museum officially returns to full operation on Friday, April 12, after a major maintenance overhaul.   Fabricated by the American Bridge Company in 1911 -- the same company that built the “workhorse” I Street Bridge during the very same year -- and originally installed in Yakima, Washington, the turntable was acquired by California State Parks from Union Pacific Railroad and installed in Old Sacramento circa 1980.  The turntable is used to move heavy locomotives and equipment in and out of the Railroad Museum; all locomotives and rail cars going in or out of the nearby Central Pacific Railroad Passenger Station and its display tracks also must cross the turntable because of the constrained track layout in Old Sacramento.

The Fruitridge Pedestrian Safety Meeting, held on June 21, 2012 in the community room at the Colonial Heights Library was standing room only!  The audience included local residents, members of the Fruitridge Manor Neighborhood Association and the Tallac Village Neighborhood Association, SABA (Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates), Councilmember Kevin McCarty and District 6 Director Maria Alvarez, Building Healthy Communities, Ubuntu Green, California Endowment, Legal Services of Northern California, City of Sacramento Department of Transportation, and WALKSacramento... Read More