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Location

Swanton Pacific Ranch in Davenport
The small village of Davenport is just nine miles north of Santa Cruz on Hwy 1. Drive 1-1/2 miles north of Davenport, on Hwy. 1; then turn right on to Swanton Rd.. The headquarters for the trains are three miles up on a twisting-and-turning Swanton Rd.

Price

Reservations ONLY BY MAIL for unlimited steam train rides, BBQ lunch, live music, and more when mailed by April 2:
$25 for adults and kids age 11 and up
$15 for kids (age 4-10)
$0 for kids (age 0-3)
There is a limit of 500 tickets

Hours

9:30 AM Locomotive is fired up
10:30 AM - Noon Train Rides
10:30 AM -11:30 AM Railroad Roundhouse & Car-barn visits
Noon - 1:30 PM Santa Maria Style BBQ
1:30 PM – 4:00 PM more Train Rides
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Ranch Activities

Contact info

ecarnegi@calpoly.edu
805.995.3659
sprr.calpoly.edu

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  • Good for Groups
  • Good for Kids
  • Outdoors

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Take a Ride on the Swanton Railroad with PPIE Overfair Railway Steam Locomotives

Swanton Pacific Railroad Society
Apr 12, 09:30AM – 04:00PM

Sold out!

By reservation only: Steam train rides with the original Overfair Railway locomotives from the 1915 San Francisco Panama-Pacific International Exhibition with a barbeque lunch, live music, and more at Swanton Pacific Ranch in Davenport (35 miles south of Half Moon Bay).

Please do not come without a reservation – our events are limited to 500 people. There will be two more reservation-based events in 2015 at the Swanton Pacific Railroad where guests can ride on a train pulled by an Overfair Railway steam locomotive from the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

9:30 AM Locomotive is fired up
10:30 AM – Noon Train Rides
10:30 AM -11:30 AM Railroad Roundhouse & Car-barn visits
Noon – 1:30 PM Santa Maria Style BBQ
1:30 PM – 4:00 PM more Train Rides
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Ranch Activities

Fiddle Road Band to provide background music

For more details and directions to Swanton Pacific Ranch in Davenport (near Santa Cruz), please refer to the reservation form:
http://content-calpoly-edu.s3.amazonaws.com/sprr/1/documents/2015Al%20Smith%20DayInvite.pdf

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