Sacramento RiverTrain

{{More citations needed|date=March 2025}} The '''Sacramento River Fox Train''' is a tourist train operated by [[Sierra Northern Railway]] that runs special excursions near [[West Sacramento, California]].

== History == The route was originally the Woodland [[branch line]] of the [[Sacramento Northern Railroad]], a [[Western Pacific Railroad]] subsidiary. Which was acquired by the Sierra Railroad via predecessor Yolo Shortline Railroad Company who purchased the line from the [[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific.]]

== Services == The Sacramento RiverTrain offers three hour round trips with dining and entertainment options such as libation excursions, family-friendly holiday excursions, and murder mysteries.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Arns |first=Christopher |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Moon_Sacramento_the_Gold_Country/fRD0ntK0ExwC |title=Moon Sacramento & the Gold Country |date=2014-02-11 |publisher=Avalon Publishing |isbn=978-1-61238-573-0 |pages=61 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Tourist_Trains_Guidebook/X9bYfHt_zHUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Sacramento+RiverTrain%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA21&printsec=frontcover |title=Tourist Trains Guidebook |date=2009 |publisher=Kalmbach Publishing, Co. |isbn=978-0-87116-273-1 |pages=21 |language=en}}</ref> Their most popular excursions are the Beer Train, Old Vine Express wine tasting train, and the Magical Christmas Train. The train also operates a [[railbike]] service as Sacramento Railbikes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fuentes |first=Zach |date=2020-06-05 |title=Sacramento region’s first-ever railbikes finally open to the public |url=https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/west-sacramento/first-ever-sacramento-region-rail-bikes-open-to-the-public/103-55a4a32c-f3b3-48e8-aef6-429ca6aecb75 |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=[[KXTV|ABC10]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Guerrero |first=Carlos |date=2025-01-29 |title=River Fox Train offers unique year-round excursions {{!}} Focus on West Sacramento |url=https://www.dailydemocrat.com/2025/01/29/river-fox-train-offers-unique-year-round-excursions-focus-on-west-sacramento-2/ |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=[[Daily Democrat]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

The River Fox Train is owned by [[Sierra Railroad]] and operates under the [[Sierra Northern Railway]] now. It has one section of track that is {{convert|16|mi|km}} long.

==See also== *[[Sacramento Southern Railroad]]—which operates excursions across the Sacramento River from the RiverTrain *[[List of heritage railroads in the United States]]

== References == {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Portal||Railways}} *[http://www.riverfoxtrain.com/calendar Book Tickets Online] *[http://www.sacramentorivertrain.com/ Railroad's website] *[http://www.SierraRailroad.com Sierra Railroad's website] *West Sacramento Station is at {{coord|38.596715|-121.54943|format=dms|region:US-CA_type:railwaystation|name=RiverTrain West Sacramento Station|display=inline}} *Woodland Station is at {{coord|38.678123|-121.752216|format=dms|region:US-CA_type:railwaystation|name=RiverTrain Woodland Station|display=inline}}

[[Category:Heritage railroads in California]] [[Category:Transportation in Yolo County, California]] [[Category:Tourist attractions in Yolo County, California]]