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Kid Friendly Trains in the SF bay Area

Roaringcamp 
Roaring Camp Railroad - Felton California - View Website

Narrow-gauge steam locomotives tour through redwoods.  Beach Trains travel through Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, down the scenic San Lorenzo River Gorge, across a 1909 steel truss bridge, and through an 1875 tunnel before arriving at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.

Niles 
Niles Canyon Railway - Fremont and Sunol California - View Website
Presently, the Pacific Locomotive Association’s Niles Canyon Railway provides historic train ride experiences to the public year round from the 1880’s depot in Sunol and from Niles Station in Fremont, California.

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Redwood Valley  Railroad - Berkely California - View Website
A 5ins scale, 15ins gauge steam railway based on narrow gauge railroads of the late 1800sruns through Tilden park in  Berkeley, California

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Western Railroad Museum - Suisun City California
Ride historic streetcars and interurban electric trains from all over California and other western states. Streetcars loop the shaded picnic grounds. Interurban cars run over the restored main line of the old Sacramento Northern Railway.

Sierra Railroad - Oakdale Ca
Dinner and cowboy trains.

Skunk Train - Wiilits and Fort Bragg

Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad - Los Gatos, California
The BJWRR has been in operation at Oak Meadow Park and Vasona Park in Los Gatos, California since 1970. Miniature Railroad on a 1/3 scale running on an 18 inch gauge track

Ardenwood Park -  Fremont California
Arden Station and Deer Park Station: Board the horse-drawn train here. The ride takes kids more than 100 years back in time on a ride into the park with docents dressed in period costumes. Rail Fare every labor day weekend.

Amtrak, Oakland California

Kennedy Park, Hayward California

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