RailGiants Train Museum

Railroad museum in California, United States
34°05′01″N 117°46′13″W / 34.083641°N 117.770251°W / 34.083641; -117.770251TypeRail transport displayCollection sizeDepot and rolling stockPublic transit accessSan Bernardino Line (Pomona–North station)Websitewww.railgiants.org

RailGiants Train Museum is a railroad museum of historic trains located at the Fairplex in Pomona, California, United States. It is owned and maintained by the Southern California Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society. The museum also operates the Fairplex Garden Railway.[1] It has over 80 volunteers and from November through July, runs the second Sunday of every month, from 11:00am to 4:00pm, for the general public. The FGRR gears up every year for the L.A. County Fair, its primary show. In December various members run their Christmas trains. The garden railroad uses G Scale trains.

The museum was closed indefinitely in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but after renovations, it reopened in May 2022.[2]

Collection

The collection features historic locomotives which visitors may board.[3] The museum also features a historic train station, a library, and a collection of railway memorabilia.[3][4] Currently, entry to the museum is free and open to the public on the second weekend of each month, besides daily in May during the L.A. County Fair.[4]

A notable locomotive in the collection is the Union Pacific 4014, which was on display at the museum until 2014, when it was moved for restoration.[4]

The museum was featured in Visiting... with Huell Howser along with Kidsongs Boppin with the Biggles songs, Little red caboose & The Locomotion Episode 1015.[5]

Displayed locomotives

Image Railroad Builder Type/Model Built SN History
Outer Harbor Terminal #2 Schenectady Locomotive Works 0-6-0 10/1887 2409 Built as ATSF#590, Sold in 1893 to Southern California #40, transferred to ATSF#2285 in 1900, Sold in 1909 to OHT#2, Donated 1956.
United States Potash #3 Baldwin Locomotive Works 2-8-0, 3 ft gauge 3/1903 21882 Built as Arizona Copper Co #20, Later became Morenci Southern #20, Sold in 1921 to Phelps Dodge Corp., Sold in 1931 to United States Potash #3, Donated 1956.
Fruit Growers Supply #3 Climax Locomotive Works Class C Climax 3/1909 932 Built as Northern California Lumber Co #3, Sold in 1913 to Fruit Growers Supply #3, Donated 1953.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 3450 Baldwin Locomotive Works 4-6-4 4/1927 59993 Built as ATSF#3450, Donated 1955.
Southern Pacific 5021 American Locomotive Company 4-10-2

3 Cylinder

5/1926 66793 Built in Schenectady as Southern Pacific #5021, Donated 1956 and Displayed in San Bernardino, moved to the RailGiants Museum in the 1970s.
Union Pacific 9000 American Locomotive Company 4-12-2

3 Cylinder

3/1926 66544 Built in Dunkirk as Union Pacific #9000. Donated 1956.
Union Pacific 3105 Electro Motive Diesel SD40-2C 6/1979 786181-8 Built as Missouri Pacific #6027, Merged into Union Pacific #3927, renumbered in 2003 to #3105. Traded for Union Pacific #4014 in 2014. First (and currently only) operational locomotive in the museum.
Union Pacific 6915 Electro Motive Diesel DDA40X 10/1969 7134-16 Built as Union Pacific #6915, Donated 1987.

See also

  • iconTrains portal
  • flagGreater Los Angeles portal

References

  1. ^ "Fairplex Garden Railroad". fgrr.org.
  2. ^ "RailGiants Train Museum | Historical Journey of the American Railroad". railgiants.org. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b Summons, Trevor (June 3, 2019). "Trevor's Travels: Do the Locomotion at the Rail Giants Train Museum in Pomona". Daily Bulletin.
  4. ^ a b c Merino, Maydeen (November 15, 2019). "Nostalgia Rides the Rails at Fairplex". Campus Times.
  5. ^ "Fairplex Railroad Museum – Visiting (1015) – Huell Howser Archives at Chapman University". 3 March 2017.

External links

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