{"id":8739,"date":"2020-12-08T16:32:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T00:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/?p=8739"},"modified":"2021-03-06T13:48:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T21:48:11","slug":"gold-country-roundhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/2020\/12\/08\/gold-country-roundhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Country Roundhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thanks to the friendly &amp; talkative artists at the campground where we stayed following Thanksgiving, we learned about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railtown1897.org\/visit\/excursion-train-rides\">Railtown 1897<\/a> in Jamestown, CA. It&#8217;s home of various historic steam engines that have been featured in Back To The Future, Petticoat Junction, and numerous other productions, as well as one of the country&#8217;s last working roundhouses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Needless to say this was <em>100%<\/em> up Henry&#8217;s alley, and even Finn was a good sport about visiting\u2014as was Seamus, of course. The friendly staff were more than happy to take us on a short cruise via their old &#8220;speeder&#8221; (of the sort we explored in Leadville when the boys were just 2 &amp; 3; see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/2011\/07\/23\/motorcars-a-go-go\/\">previous<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/sF9BGHmhAifiNhxn6\">Here&#8217;s a little gallery<\/a> of the outing.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/sF9BGHmhAifiNhxn6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"398\" class=\"wp-image-8741\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/FinnCrane.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/FinnCrane.jpg 530w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/FinnCrane-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/sF9BGHmhAifiNhxn6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"746\" class=\"wp-image-8742\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/HenCrane.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/HenCrane.jpg 530w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/HenCrane-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"942\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Jamestown-Zoom.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8744\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And just for fun, here&#8217;s a peek at the boys on those motorcars back in 2011:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Motorcar!\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PhgVVNizh0o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to the friendly &amp; talkative artists at the campground where we stayed following Thanksgiving, we learned about Railtown 1897 in Jamestown, CA. It&#8217;s home of various historic steam engines that have been featured in Back To The Future, Petticoat Junction, and numerous other productions, as well as one of the country&#8217;s last working roundhouses. 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