From the late 1800s into the early 1940s, dozens of Northern California communities were connected by electric “interurban” railroads. The biggest player was the Sacramento Northern, whose trunk line stretched 184 miles from Chico to San Francisco—and whose heritage is preserved at the Western Railway Museum outside Suisun City in Solano County.
For the price of admission, visitors—including dogs—can enjoy unlimited rides on historic streetcars that make a circuit around the grounds, along with 50-minute rides in old interurban train cars along a 5-mile stretch of electrified track.