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.
2023 Scheduled Work Days
Saturday 10 AM - 4 PM
January
- January 7
- January 21
February
- February 4
- February 18
March
- March 4
- March 18
April
- April 15
May
- May 20
June
- June 17
July
- July 1
- July 15
August
- August 5
- August 19
September
- September 2
- September 16
October
- October 7
- October 21
November
- November 4
- November 18
December
- December 16
2023 Board Meetings
- January 12
- February 9
- March 23
- April 13
- May 11
- June 8
- July 13
- August 10
- September 14
- October 12
- November 9
- December No Meeting
2023 Wednesday Worknight at 4:30 PM at BLW
(Best steam tractor)
January
- January 4
- January 11
- January 18
- January 25
February
- February 1
- February 8
- February 15
- February 22
March
- March 1
- March 8
- March 15
- March 24
- March 31
April
- April 5
- April 12
- April 19
- April 26
May
- May 3
- May 10
- May 17
- May 24
- May 31
June
- June 7
- June 14
- June 21
- June 28
July
- July 5
- July 12
- July 19
- July 26
August
- August 2
- August 9
- August 16
- August 23
- August 30
September
- September 6
- September 13
- September 20
- September 27
October
- October 4
- October 11
- October 18
- October 25
November
- November 1
- November 8
- November 15
- November 22
- November 29
December
- December 6
- December 13
- December 20
- December 27
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.