Capital Campaign · 2025–2027
Build the next century
of the Depot.
The Annex Project will add climate-controlled space to store artifacts and create new exhibits — and a fully restored caboose will sit between the depot and the annex as the centerpiece of the campus.
Fundraiser Event
Summer Wine Down at The Depot
A Friends of the Tehachapi Depot Museum Fundraiser
Join us for an evening of wine, hors d'oeuvres, dancing, music, and community as we raise funds for the Caboose & Annex Project (CAP).
Date
Saturday, September 12
Location
Tehachapi Depot Museum
Event Schedule & Ticket Tiers
$100 VIP Admission
Most Inclusive4:00 PM – 10:00 PM · Registration starts 3:30 PM
Early hors d'oeuvres at the Depot, premium Swag Bag with a Wine Down glass & extra goodies, access to all 7 boulevard pouring stations, live music, and dancing.
Exclusive Perk: Includes a ticket to the afternoon performance of “The Savannah Sipping Society” at the Beekay Theater, plus a special meet & greet with the actors!
$50 General Admission
6:00 PM – 10:00 PM · Registration starts 5:30 PM
Hors d'oeuvres at the Depot, an event Swag Bag with a Wine Down glass & goodies, access to all 7 boulevard pouring stations, live music, and dancing.
$25 Music & Dancing Only
Access to evening festivities
Entry for live music and dancing, evening snacks, and access to the “On the Deck” pay-per-glass area.Does not include boulevard pouring stations or swag bags.
Participating Pouring Stations
Boulevard Stations
Included · VIP & General
Tehachapi Depot Museum, 4 Seasons, Healthy Hippie, Gallery n' Gifts, House of Wax, Tehachapi Arts, and Merchant Ships Home Decor & Fashion.
“On the Deck” Stations
Pay-Per-Glass · 7:30 – 9:30 PM
Dorner Family Vineyards, La Bodega Wine Tasting, Rancho de los Viajeros Vineyards, Stray Leaves, Tehachapi Winery, Triassic Winery, and Westlane Brewery.
Open to all ticket holders.
Why Now
We've outgrown the depot we worked so hard to save.
Since reopening in 2010, the museum has welcomed visitors from all 50 states and more than 40 countries. Our archive of photographs, timetables, and oral histories has more than doubled — and most of it sits in storage, waiting for a place to be seen.
The Annex is slated to provide climate-controlled space to store artifacts and create new exhibits. A fully restored caboose will be placed between the annex and the depot, anchoring the campus.
What Your Gift Builds
Climate-Controlled Annex
Purpose-built space to properly store our growing collection of artifacts, photographs, and records — and to mount new exhibits.
Restored Caboose
A fully restored caboose placed between the depot and the annex — a working centerpiece visitors can walk up to and explore.
Room to Welcome More
A larger campus that can host school groups, lectures, and the docent training program throughout the year.
Architectural Rendering
Concept · Subject to change
Every Gift Counts
Lay a board. Drive a nail. Build the Annex.
Gifts of every size are recognized in the Annex donor wall. The Tehachapi Depot Railroad Museum is a 501(c)(3) — donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
Giving Levels
Naming opportunities.
Friend
$100+
Brakeman
$500+
Engineer
$2,500+
Cornerstone
$10,000+