Special Events

2024 Event Schedule

April 6-7	Opening Weekend (excursion train ride season starts) Excursion train rides run every weekend.
April 20-21	Mother Lode History Train
May 11	National train day
May 12	Mother's Day
May 18	Armed Forces Day
May 26-27	Mother Lode History Train
June 5 to August 14	Excursion trains every Wednesday at 10:30 and 12:00
June 12, 15, 16	State Parks Week activities celebrating the 1950s
June 16	Father's Day
July 4	Star-Spangled Limited train rides at 10:30 and 12:00
July 5	Free "hay rides" from 10:00 to 3:00 with paid park admission
Aug. 3, 4	Aloha Express trains. To celebrate the hot August weather we encourage visitors to dress in Hawaiian outfits.
Sept. 14, 21	Volunteer recruiting for Polar Express
Sept. 27-28	Tales of the Roundhouse
Oct. 19, 26	Skeleton Starlight
Oct. 27	Last regular operating day final excursion train ride of the season)
TBD	Polar Express

* Events are subject to change and cancellation. Please contact the park for more information.

History train	Tales of the Roundhouse	Polar Express