South Coast Railroad Museum
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The South Coast Railroad Museum is located in the city of Goleta, California
, a suburb of Santa Barbara.
The museum was founded in 1983 as a showpiece for Goleta Depot
, a Southern Pacific Railroad
train station
building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
and the California Registry of Historical Resources.
The museum is located at 300 North Los Carneros Road, Goleta, California 93117 (34°26′32"N 119°51′10"W).
Research. Goleta, California.
Goleta, California
Goleta is a city in southern Santa Barbara County, California, USA. It was incorporated as a city in 2002, after a long period as the largest unincorporated, populated area in the county. As of the 2000 census, the Census-designated place had a total population of 55,204, however, a significant...
, a suburb of Santa Barbara.
The museum was founded in 1983 as a showpiece for Goleta Depot
Goleta Depot
Goleta Depot is a train station building in Goleta, California. It was constructed by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1901, as part of the completion of the Coast Route linking Los Angeles and San Francisco ....
, a Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad
The Southern Pacific Transportation Company , earlier Southern Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Company, and usually simply called the Southern Pacific or Espee, was an American railroad....
train station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
and the California Registry of Historical Resources.
The museum is located at 300 North Los Carneros Road, Goleta, California 93117 (34°26′32"N 119°51′10"W).
External links
Research. Goleta, California.
- Lawler, Nan (1981). “Closing the Gap,” Railroad History, Bulletin 145: 87-105.
- Myrick, David F. (1987). “Santa Barbara County Railroads: A Centennial History,” Noticias 33: 22-71.
- "National Register of Historic Places, List of Properties in Santa Barbara County, California."
- Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp. 466–467.
- Sullivan, Steve (1986). “Goleta Depot: A Tribute.” In Those Were the Days: Landmarks of Old Goleta, edited by Gary B. Coombs, 35-44. Goleta, Ca.: Institute for American Research.
- Tompkins, Walker A. (1966). Goleta: The Good Land. Goleta, Calif.: Goleta Amvets Post No. 55.