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.
2022 Scheduled Work Days
Saturday 10 AM - 4 PM
January
- January 15
February
- February 5
- February 19
March
- March 5
- March 19
April
- April 16
May
- May 7
- May 21
June
- June 18
July
- July 2
- July 16
August
- August 6
- August 20
September
- September 3
- September 17
October
- October 1
- October 15
November
- November 5
- November 19
December
- December 17
2022 Board Meetings
- January 20
- February 17
- March 17
- April 21
- May 19
- June 16
- July 21
- August 18
- September 15
- October 20
- November 17
- December No Meeting
2022 Wednesday Worknight at 4:30 PM at BLW
(Best steam tractor)
January
- January 5
- January 12
- January 19
- January 26
February
- February 2
- February 9
- February 16
- February 23
March
- March 2
- March 9
- March 16
- March 23
April
- April 6
- April 13
- April 20
- April 27
May
- May 4
- May 11
- May 18
- May 25
June
- June 1
- June 8
- June 15
- June 22
- June 29
July
- July 6
- July 13
- July 20
- July 27
August
- August 3
- August 10
- August 17
- August 24
- August 31
September
- September 7
- September 14
- September 21
- September 28
October
- October 5
- October 12
- October 19
- October 26
November
- November 2
- November 9
- November 16
- November 23
- November 30
December
- December 7
- December 14
- December 21
- December 28
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.