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title: "Santa Cruz Beach Train"
date: "2024-03-31"
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Today we tried to take the [Santa Cruz Beach Train](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz,_Big_Trees_and_Pacific_Railway) from Roaring Camp to Santa Cruz and back.

![Here comes the train!](https://i.dllu.net/2024-03-31-14-00-36_DSCF7369_0ea6af6c1d0939ac5457cba8cfeab2e4c8548e98_03495d5c6c1c3503.jpg)

![The Tuolumne, a two-truck Heisler geared steam locomotive, minding its own business.](https://i.dllu.net/2024-03-31-13-47-02_DSCF7359_2ef9ecc6510da4811f51061ca29833eaa7bfdae2_96698be555085e23.jpg)

![Lots of cool trees.](https://i.dllu.net/2024-03-31-14-30-34_DSCF7388_6d1ccbf5ce9a4f8e1fee9ddc77c598b3c54e85c0_f724a75a2bbb2f47.jpg)

![Interior of the train.](https://i.dllu.net/2024-03-31-14-54-56_DSCF7404_debcc5f68001495fb74ea96ced8027e0d039ae9e_3a4ba5f7689f432c.jpg)

Oh no, it derailed!

![A bogie on the first carriage derailed.](https://i.dllu.net/2024-03-31-15-01-16_DSCF7413_fdf8d528ba8b2f448b332c31cd9e9f98a08f5f8a_8e2ca0b5de7c3ea0.jpg)

We had to wait about 35 minutes for another locomotive to come and pull us back to where we started from.

![Waiting in the forest for backup to arrive.](https://i.dllu.net/2024-03-31-15-00-05_DSCF7410_cffb6d4c037f442dec2b6197af72bfe59e6e1939_4c02adf725d16142.jpg)

Hooray, locomotive 2641 came to our rescue!

![Locomotive 2641.](https://i.dllu.net/2024-03-31-15-34-15_DSCF7454_9c4d61bfd6fece4144456d1fb6575f2e2e66c36d_9b8b61298d216571.jpg)

![Connecting our train to locomotive 2641.](https://i.dllu.net/2024-03-31-15-35-12_DSCF7460_a9bf20bb45860304f7b3adb8cb159a2ac0b68ef3_f43d133fda20e38a.jpg)

![Trees on the way back.](https://i.dllu.net/2024-03-31-15-50-18_DSCF7476_7e77ba595807818e1b07f2ce6a33943af1bd4b33_22a88867e3a464de.jpg)

In the end we didn't get to go to Santa Cruz after all. We were too tired so we went home. They refunded our tickets.