A number of passenger and work cars were obtained when the Key System abandoned operation of its last rail line across the Bay Bridge in 1958.

Property was located at Rio Vista Junction, a former station stop along the Sacramento Northern Railway near Suisun, California in 1960.

[1] Significant events at the Western Railway Museum include: purchase of 22 miles of Sacramento Northern in 1994, dedication of a Visitors Center in 2001, and starting in 2002, construction of the Loring Jensen Memorial Car House with attendant fire suppression system, officially opened in May 2008.

[2] The BAERA maintains a substantial archive of materials relating to street railway, interurban lines, and steam railroads of California and adjacent states.

[4] The interurban car Sacramento Northern 1005 (originally Oakland, Antioch and Eastern 1005) has been a focus of restoration activity in the last 10 years.

hauled around in freight trains to reach an excursion site, and sometimes suffered damage in these trips, including a badly bent frame in June 1962.

Also in the visitor center is the depot cafe and F. M. Smith Library and Archives, which are open two days a month for research and browsing.

On some October weekends, it operates trains (usually Key System Bridge Units 182 and 187) to the Pumpkin Patch Festival at the Gum Grove Station.