Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad
The Dixiana at Roaring Camp in 2023 | |||
| Overview | |||
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| Headquarters | Felton, California | ||
| Reporting mark | RCBT | ||
| Locale | Santa Cruz County, California, US | ||
| Dates of operation | 1963–present | ||
| Technical | |||
| Track gauge | 3 ft (914 mm) | ||
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The Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge tourist railroad in California that starts from the Roaring Camp depot in Felton, California and runs up steep grades through redwood forests to the top of nearby Bear Mountain, a distance of 3.25 miles (5.23 kilometers).
The railroad runs most trains using steam locomotives, several dating from the 1890s. They are some of the oldest narrow-gauge steam locomotives still providing regular passenger service in the United States. (Knott's Berry Farm operates two narrow-gauge engines built in 1881, and the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad runs one built in 1883.)
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers designated three of the railroad's locomotives as Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark #134 in 1988.