South Coast Railroad Museum
 Goleta Depot, part of the museum | |
| Location |
300 North Los Carneros Road Goleta, California |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 34°26′32″N 119°51′10″W / 34.44222°N 119.85278°W |
| Type | Railroad museum |
| Website | http://www.goletadepot.org |
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.
See also
- History of Santa Barbara, California
- List of museums in the California Central Coast
- National Register of Historic Places, List of Properties in Santa Barbara County, California
Further reading
- 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.
- 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 Gary B. Coombs. Those Were the Days: Landmarks of Old Goleta. Goleta, Ca.: Institute for American Research. pp. 35–44.
- Tompkins, Walker A. (1966). Goleta: The Good Land. Goleta, Calif.: Goleta Amvets Post No. 55.
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