Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ty Smith poses for a portrait at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento on Wednesday. Smith is leaving his position as ...

For over 70 years, travelers could board a train and ride through the sun-kissed landscape of central California, thanks to the Sacramento Southern Railroad. This region is famous for its farmland, so ...

The first thing you might notice about the restored locomotive departing from Old Sacramento is the billowing cloud of steam pouring out of the shiny, black engine, stamped with the name Granite Rock ...

Father's Day ideas in Sacramento: From sports to rail, river and car travel, here are some options for treating dad like a ...

Ty Smith's ability to make the improbable happen goes back to his days as a community college student. Smith, 49, starts Monday as Sacramento's new city historian following a nine-year run as director ...