================================================== Auburn Chamber Of Commerce
Located on Lincoln Way, is the Auburn station now used by the Chamber of Commerce. Included
is a display of SP caboose #4604 along with two CNW boxcars #s 546061 and 546001. Also located
in the parking lot is the plaque dedicated to the transcontinental railroad.
Late 2007 saw a cupola added to the station along with the dock at the east end getting enclosed.
Bloomer Cut
There is no "public" access to the infamous Bloomer Cut but this plaque is located nearby on
Herdal Drive off of Auburn-Folsom Rd.
Train Village
The area between Auburn and Bowman is referred to as Train Village by long time residents. Until recently it was
thought that the name came from a live steam ride at the corner of Bowman Rd and Luther Rd. Research has revealed
that most of the land and the steam ride was owned by a Mr. Train and the first residential development took on the
name Train Village. The railroad was a 12 inch guage line and passed through the hands of at least one more owner
before being dismantled. Currently the locomotive, Dirty Gertie, and the remains of the cars and track are privately
owned in Wilton,CA. Gertie is in pieces awaiting restoration. The first photo shows the lot on which the railroad existed.
The second photo shows a culvert once used to pass under Luther Rd to reach the engine house. I've also found a map
with this area labeled as Train Village.
1. Flint on Pacific Ave above the Gold Country Fairgrounds was once the interchange between the SP and
the Mountain Quarries RR. Part of this site is now Railhead Park.
2. Along Highway 49 in North Auburn can be found this church billboard which is actually the old Cal-Ida
Lumber switcher. Homebuilt by Barney Gauldin, chief mechanic at Cal-Ida. The loco was a failure and has sat
at this spot for over 50 years. It has since been painted over in all white. I would love to have a pic of her
in the original green and white paint scheme showing the Cal-Ida logo.
3. Ex SSW boxcar #10181 located in Bowman and currently owned by Euro Cast Stone.
4. Auburn Cemetary is home to ex SSW #5663.
5. & 6. Rolling stock privately owned and can be found along Hwy 49.(photos taken with permission)
7. Caboose SP #1184 recently(mid 2005??) arrived in Bowman and located near boxcar SSW #10181. (recently moved again[October 2005??] to Atascadero,CA.)
8. ATSF #999576 is privately owned on Shirland Tract Rd.
9.-12. The 2nd Nevada Street depot still stands as a hay barn for a local feed/grain store.
13.-15. The walls separating the sand and gravel stockpiles at
the Chevreaux Ready Mix Cement plant on Hwy 49 are made from boxcar sides. At least two of these are
ex Southern Pacific. The conveyer tunnel underneath the stockpiles is made from two buried tank cars.
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