The Golden Gate Railroad Museum is a non-profit railroad museum in California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 that is dedicated to the preservation of steam and passenger railroad equipment, as well as the interpretation of local railroad history.

Established in 1975, the museum was previously located in San Francisco

San Francisco, California

San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...

 and until recently was situated at the Hunters Point Shipyard. In 2007 the museum moved its collection of 12 locomotive

Locomotive

A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...

s and over 25 pieces of rolling stock to home of the Niles Canyon Railway

Niles Canyon Railway

The Niles Canyon Railway is a heritage railway running through Niles Canyon, between Sunol and the Niles district of Fremont in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area, in California, USA. The railway is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Niles Canyon Transcontinental...

 in Sunol, California

Sunol, California

Sunol is an unincorporated census-designated place in Alameda County, California, United States. The population was 913 at the 2010 census....

. The museum performs restoration work on its collection, which it showcases for special events.