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.
2026 Scheduled Work Days
Saturday 10 AM - 4 PM
January
- January 3
- January 17
February
- February 7
- February 21
March
- March 7
- March 21
April
- April 4
- April 18
May
- May 2
- May 16
June
- June 6
- June 20
July
- July 4
- July 18
August
- August 1
- August 15
September
- September 5
- September 19
October
- October 3
- October 17
November
- November 7
- November 21
December
- December 5
- December 19
2026 Board Meetings
- January 8
- February 12
- March 12
- April 9
- May 14
- June 11
- July 9
- August 13
- September 10
- October 8
- November 12
- December No Meeting
2026 Wednesday Worknight at 4:30 PM at BLW
(Best steam tractor)
- 300 Robert Dr. Willits, CA 95490
January
- January 7
- January 14
- January 21
- January 28
February
- February 4
- February 11
- February 18
- February 25
March
- March 4
- March 11
- March 18
- March 25
April
- April 1
- April 8
- April 15
- April 22
- April 29
May
- May 6
- May 13
- May 20
- May 27
June
- June 3
- June 10
- June 17
- June 24
July
- July 1
- July 8
- July 15
- July 22
- July 29
August
- August 5
- August 12
- August 19
- August 26
September
- September 2
- September 9
- September 16
- September 23
- September 30
October
- October 7
- October 14
- October 21
- October 28
November
- November 4
- November 11
- November 18
- November 25
December
- December 2
- December 9
- December 16
- December 23
- December 30
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.