Work at the Railroad Museum at Ardenwood is done by a volunteers and a few paid staff.
The museum is always looking for more volunteers!

• Car Restoration: Volunteers work hands on on our collection to restore wooden railroad cars.
• Car Maintenance: Volunteers maintain and repair our operational cars and locomotives.
• Maintenance of Way: Volunteers repair and lay track, switches, track side structures, and anything else to keep the tracks running
• Interpretation: Provide interpretation to the public of the history of the SPCRR, California Railroads, and the historical context through storytelling and discussion.
• Operations: Volunteers operate trains for maintenance of way. (Scheduled operations are done by employees).
• Research: Research and report on the SPCRR and related California railroading.This involves both online and phyiscal searching.
• Administrative: Provide support to the organization - for example newsletter and publication support, website and social media management.

If you are interested in working at the Railroad Museum at Ardenwood take a look at our workday activities page here.