Last updated: 6/18/2020
Stockton, California
Address
1658 S Airport Way
Stockton, CA 95206

Hours

Open during the County Fair. Thursday meetings 6 to 8:30 p.m. each week.

Staff

Description

The Tidewater Southern Railway Historical Society maintains a railroad museum at the San Joaquin County Fair grounds in Building #1 behind the Administrative Office. The Historical Society is dedicated to preserving and disseminating the historical record of the Tidewater Southern Railway. Their museum displays artifacts and information of the Tidewater Southern along with a railroad display that depicts many of the sites along the Tidewater Southern.

History

The Tidewater Southern Railway Historical Society was incorporated in the State of California on August 4, 1992, as a nonprofit public benefit corporation for charitable and public purposes. The Society received 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service on July 27, 1992, for the purpose of collection, preservation, restoration, and archival, and the maintaining of a museum for exhibiting, of Tidewater Southern Railway artifacts, memorabilia, historical data and information, and railway equipment. Also, exhibiting for educational purposes of historical data, artifacts, memorabilia, and railway equipment of the Tidewater Southern Railway, and the advancement of railroad preservation in general.

Services

Visitors are always welcome, and membership to the society is always open. The Society meets every Thursday evening from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Building #1 of the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds in Stockton California. Work sessions are scheduled for at least two weekends per month.

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