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NARRATOR: There's something
magic about the railroad.

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It's a way to the past and a road to the future.

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PAUL HAMMOND: Long sweeping curves where you can
see the locomotive way up ahead—that big mass

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of steel, with all of its things spitting and
steaming and smoking—and some guy up there that

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made it all work.

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It's pretty neat.

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KYLE WILLIAMS WYATT: It also captivates
attention because it's dynamic, it's moving.

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STEPHEN DREW: How many of us got interested
in railroading because of that proverbial toy

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train around the Christmas tree?

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NARRATOR: But beyond the fun
and games lies real history.

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The California State Railroad
Museum stands on historic ground.

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In a nearby hardware store in
old-town Sacramento, a dream was born,

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a dream to tie the nation with ribbons of iron.

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CATHERINE TAYLOR: I think what makes this museum
great is the kind of access that people have

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to the artifacts.

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We have precious few barriers
between people and the objects.

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And in fact, you can walk through the objects.

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You can get in the cab of a locomotive and
get the perspective of the engineer going down

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the track.

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You can get on board a sleeping car and get
the clickety-clack and that wonderful rocking

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motion of the sleeping car.

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You can get the sounds and
the smells on the dining car.

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I believe that railroad
history is American history,

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and this subject absolutely deserves a museum.

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