ASAP GETAWAYS\Dunsmuir hosts rail enthusiasts.Byline: Daily News Train buffs will get a treat Feb. 16-18 at the fourth Dunsmuir Winter Railfair, which for the first time will offer a self-guided photography tour. This year, a 1959 engine and Dynomometer car on loan from the California State Railroad Museum The California State Railroad Museum in Old Sacramento is a tribute to the role of the "iron horse" in connecting California to the rest of the nation. The museum features 21 restored locomotives and railroad cars, some dating back to 1862. will be on display, along with one of the last surviving roundhouse turntables and the new SD 70M diesel 9800s engines. Activities include a historical downtown walking tour, trackside track·side n. The area near a track, especially a racetrack. events, swap meet, railroad displays, slide shows, artworks and displays of models and rolling stock rolling stock Any of various readily movable transportation equipment such as automobiles, locomotives, railroad cars, and trucks. Rolling stock generally makes good collateral for loans because the equipment is standardized and easily transportable among . Dunsmuir is off Interstate 5 about 300 miles north of San Francisco, and still has a working Amtrak Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corp., authorized to operate virtually all intercity passenger railroad routes in the United States. Amtrak was created by Congress in 1970 in response to more than two decades of continuous operating deficits by privately run depot; it is also home to the Shasta Division archives for train scholars and genealogists. Admission to the Railfair is $7.50 for adults, or $12 per family. Information and visitor's guide: (800) 386-7684. San Francisco: Step back in time at the Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason Center to experience the cultures of the world at the Tribal, Folk and Textile Arts Show Feb. 9-11. The event features thousands of museum-quality, pre-1940 indigenous art and artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. from around the world. Information: (310) 455-2886. Santa Cruz: The Monarch Butterfly Migration Festival Feb. 10 in Santa Cruz celebrates butterflies as well as birds and whales. There will be exhibits, games, food and music. Information: (408) 423-4609. Cloverdale: Set for Feb. 16-19, the Cloverdale Citrus Fair salutes the area's many orange groves and features a parade, arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. , games and contests, entertainment and food. Information: (707) 894-3992. Palm Springs: The 19th annual Italian Festival will run from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Feb. 4 in the Palm Springs Pavilion, featuring food and entertainment. Information: (619) 320-5044. Temecula: Local wineries will participate in the valley's seventh annual Vintner's Barrel Tasting from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 3 and 4. Admission is $35 per person. Information: (909) 699-3626. Washington: Tacoma will host its third annual midwinter mid·win·ter n. 1. The middle of the winter. 2. The period of the winter solstice, about December 22. midwinter Noun 1. the middle or depth of winter 2. bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. festival Wintergrass, Feb. 22-25 at the Sheraton Convention Center and the Broadway Theater District with the music of 21 bluegrass groups, workshops, dances and children's activities. Weekend adult passes are $75, $65 for seniors and $30 for children age 16 and younger; single-day tickets are also available. Information: (206) 922-7713. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo Fans of rolling stock can get their fill of train stories, photos and more at the Dunsmuir Winter Railfair. |
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