The San Jose Steam Railroad Museum is a planned

railroad Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

museum within Santa Clara County that has been under development by

California Trolley and Railroad Corporation Established in 1982, the California Trolley and Railroad Corporation (CTRC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization to preserve rail transportation in the Santa Clara Valley. History Streetcars California Trolley and Railroad Corporation (CTRC) ...

since 1992. This project was originally intended to be located at the

Santa Clara County Fairgrounds The Santa Clara County Fairgrounds is an event venue in San Jose, California. The fairgrounds has been owned by the County of Santa Clara since 1940 and is operated by the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds Management Corporation, a public-benefit n ...

San Jose, California San Jose, officially San José (; ; ), is a major city in the U.S. state of California that is the cultural, financial, and political center of Silicon Valley and largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2020 popul ...

; however in 2002, the Board of Supervisors voted to rescind support of the proposed railroad museum at that location. Since then, CTRC has been actively working with various public agencies for a suitable alternate site. The proposed location is near downtown San Jose.

Lenzen Roundhouse

The Lenzen Roundhouse consists of the six stall San Jose Roundhouse,

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and herder's shack. The roundhouse was donated to the CRTC by

Southern Pacific Railroad The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials- SP) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was operated by various companies under the ...

. The roundhouse was disassembled and moved to the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds() for storage until a site is found for the museum. File:Lenzen1.JPG, Lenzen Roundhouse

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and

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at the San Jose Fair Grounds. File:Lenzen2.JPG, Original building materials from the Lenzen Roundhouse to be used in the San Jose Steam Railroad Museum. File:SP roundhouse-SJ Ca 1977.jpg, Southern Pacific roundhouse, Lenzen Ave - 1977

Locomotives

* The Corporation is restoring a 1923

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Southern Pacific 2479 Southern Pacific 2479 is one of six 4-6-2 heavy "Pacific" type steam locomotives built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1923 for the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP), designated the P-10 class. No. 2479 was retired from service in 1956. The locomot ...

, to working order for operation and display at the Santa Clara Fairgrounds. The locomotive can be viewed while under restoration on weekends when the restoration crew is present. * The CTRC has cosmetically restored 1913

Southern Pacific 1215 for display. The locomotive is now on display at the

History Park at Kelley Park History Park at Kelley Park in San Jose, California, USA is designed as an indoor/outdoor museum, arranged to appear as a small US town might have in the early 1900s (decade). Since its inauguration in 1971, 32 historic buildings and other landma ...

in San Jose, CA * "Little Buttercup" (

Santa Fe 5 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe No. 5 ''Little Buttercup'' (former ATSF #2419, Santa Fe Terminal #1) is an 0-4-0 steam locomotive. History "Little Buttercup" was originally built in 1899 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as an 0-4-0 saddle tank ...

),built in 1899 are on display at the

Trolley Barn until the museum is finished. Little Buttercup was on permanent loan from the

California State Railroad Museum The California State Railroad Museum is a museum in the state park system of California, United States, interpreting the role of the "iron horse" in connecting California to the rest of the nation. It is located in Old Sacramento State Historic ...

until CSRM formally transferred ownership to the

in 2008.

Rolling stock

* Bay window

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1589 * Two 1920s-era Passenger Coaches

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Lenzen Roundhouse

Locomotives

Rolling stock

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