Work Days Are The Lifeblood of Roots
Overview
Roots work days are generally held on the first and third Saturdays of each month from 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM. When a work day falls on a three-day weekend, the work day is on that Saturday rather than Sunday. For specific information about a given work day or to confirm the schedule please email Roots. The public is welcome to tour the collection at no charge during work days.
2021 Scheduled Work Days
May
- May 1
- May 22
June
- June 19
July
- July 3
- July 17
September
- September 4
- September 18
- September 19
October
- October 2
- October 16
November
- November 6
- November 20
December
- December 18
2021 Board Meetings
- May 20
- June 17
- July 15
- August 19
- September 16
- October 21
- November 18
2021 Wednesday Worknight at BLW
(Best steam tractor)
May
- May 5
- May 12
- May 19
- May 26
June
- June 2
- June 9
- June 16
- June 23
- June 30
July
- July 7
- July 14
- July 21
- July 28
august
- August 4
- August 11
- August 18
- August 25
September
- September 1
- September 8
- September 15
- September 22
- September 29
October
- October 6
- October 13
- October 20
- October 27
November
- November 3
- November 10
- November 17
December
- December 1
- December 8
- December 15
Location
The Roots of Motive Power collection and the Railroad History Project Exhibition and Learning Center are located in Willits, California, 140 miles north of San Francisco and just east of Highway 101. The Exhibition and Learning Center adjoins the Mendocino County Museum at 400 East Commercial Street. Part of the Roots of Motive Power collection is housed in the Exhibition and Learning Center; most of the collection is at the Roots facility, approximately 100 yards northeast of the museum.
- When going North on Highway 101 in Willits, go one-half mile north of Highway 20 and turn right at the traffic light on Commercial Street.
- Proceed approximately one-half mile.
- Roots of Motive Power is on the left, just past the Mendocino County Museum.