REDWOOD VALLEY RAILWAY

The Redwood Valley Railway, an East Bay entertainment treasure, was founded in 1952 by Western Pacific mechanical engineer, Erich Thomsen, a career railroad man and preservationist. This 15" gauge miniature railway is located in Tilden Regional Park high above San Francisco near Berkeley, California. The railroad now under the care of his daughter, Ellen Thomsen, went under a restoration of its main barn where the five oil-fired steam locomotives are housed.