the building of the railroad. we are in the great hall of the california state railroad museum. this explores the idea of community development. in the 1860's, california might well have been hawaii, as far as the rest of the united states was concerned. west of the river, was just miles of nothing. culturally, for the united states, it was a vast, unknown quantity. and several hundred miles down of california there was a 12 month growing season and a land of prosperity. it was important for the country, during the civil war, to have a collection with california. -- connection with california. suddenly, instead of a four-month journey back to united states, you could come back in 10 days. that meant suddenly california is blessed with a 430 mile long central valley with some of the richest growing soil in the world. and suddenly you had a reason for agriculture, fruit and wheat to be grown and now you have markets for it to be sold in. you can connect with the valuable markets of asia for different food items. suddenly, the united states goes from being a nation of the north amer

the building of the railroad. we are in the great hall of the california state railroad museum. this explores the idea of community development. in the 1860's, california might well have been hawaii, as far as the rest of the united states was concerned. west of the river, was just miles of nothing. culturally, for the united states, it was a vast, unknown quantity. and several hundred miles down of california there was a 12 month growing season and a land of prosperity. it was important for the country, during the civil war, to have a collection with california. -- connection with california. suddenly, instead of a four-month journey back to united states, you could come back in 10 days. it has some of the richest growing soil in the world. and suddenly you had a reason for agriculture, fruit and wheat to be grown and now you have markets for it to be sold in. you can connect with the valuable markets of asia for different food items. suddenly, the united states goes from being a nation of the north american continent to really spanning the north american content and it is an ea

this gives visitors to the california state railroad museum in sacramento man idea what it looks and s like. california's high speed rail project is expected to cost around $68 billion. >>> believe it or not "toy story" just turned 20 years old this weekend. the spreshl tribute to the movie that has taken years to make. >> and wet weather is on the way right now. a clear and bright look at san francisco. our meteorologist is up next with your thanksgiving week forecast. >>> and your golden state warriors joined an elite club this evening becoming only the third team in abc7 history to start a season at >>> this weekend marks the 20th anniversary of the first "toy story" move and a couple guys are giving their own special tribute to the film. they're doing a real live action remake of "toy story 3." they've been working ong this project since 2011. they even built their own very detailed version of andy's room in their family's house. they say the love of the movie prompted them to do this. they want to share with they're doing with fans all over the world. the hope is to have it all f

the telegraph rather than several days or weeks later. so, the railroads caused a sense of community, they caused the nation to develop into the complex nation we have today. the collection of equipment inside the california state railroad museum really spans the the late1862 until 1950's, early 1960's. so, you see a lot of different types of equipment. the locomotive that's right behind me is from the 1870's. it is a beautiful piece of steam equipment. a pacific classic locomotive that was a very large, high-speed, powerful and efficient locomotive used to into the 1950's. they do the same thing, but one is double the size of the other you will looking at black, heavy industrial objects where the mid-20th century. is the empire locomotive. the exhibit that we currently have is the 1894 pullman strike. it was a national strike the the labor was manufactured on inlman cars and to that illinois he did not have the and he wase prices the president of the workers of the world, tied into the torican railway union sympathetically strike, where becausee former nonemento was the home since the building repair. the workers just stop out of sympathy for the strikers. this stopped traffic in and out of sacramento. by extension of stopped