RailGiants Train Museum

RailGiants Train Museum
Established 1954 (1954)
Location Fairplex, Pomona, California
Coordinates 34°05′01″N 117°46′13″W / 34.083641°N 117.770251°W / 34.083641; -117.770251
Type Rail transport display
Collection size Depot and rolling stock
Public transit access San Bernardino Line (Pomona (North) station)
Website www.railgiants.org

The RailGiants Train Museum is a historic railroad museum at Fairplex, Pomona, California, hosted by the Southern California Chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society. It is open to the public the second weekend of each month.

Arcadia Station

The collection is headlined by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway train station moved from Arcadia, California, in 1969. The 1887-built station is of gingerbread Victorian architecture and features a collection of railroadiana. A gift shop is also inside.

Rolling stock

Number Image Railroad Builder Type Built Specifications Added to collection Notes
3 United States Potash Company Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) 2-8-0 1903 Total Weight:

approx 72 tons

Top Speed: 25 MPH

Length: 56 ft.

Diameter of Drivers: 38 in.

Fuel: Oil

Built: Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1903

 1956 Locomotive No. 3 is an excellent example of the turn-of-the-century narrow gauge locomotives that were used on many shortlines of the West. No. 3 was originally built for the 36-inch, narrow gauge Morenci Southern Railroad, an 18.4 mile line in Southern Arizona. When the line was abandoned in the 1930's, No. 3 was bought by United States Potash for use on their private, ore-hauling railroad at Carlsbad, New Mexico. It was used in daily service until 1948, and was donated to the museum in 1956 by the United States Borax and Chemical Corporation (formally U.S. Potash) No. 3 has its tiny drive wheels located inside the frame of the locomotive, while the counterbalances and rods are located outside the frame.
5021 Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) American Locomotive Company 4-10-2 1926 Total Weight:

over 368 tons

Top Speed: 60 MPH

Length: 101 ft.

Diameter of Drivers: 63 in.

Horsepower: 4100

Fuel: Oil

Steam Pressure: 225 psi

Built: Alco, 1926

 1956 This Southern Pacific class SP-2 type 4-10-2 locomotive was presented to the museum early in 1956. It was originally designed for passenger service to pull trains up the steep grades on Southern Pacific's “Overland” route. No. 5021 later joined its 48 sister engines in freight and helper service in California, Arizona and New Mexico. Its last revenue service was between Portland and Eugene, Oregon in 1955. No. 5021 is a three cylinder locomotive which means she had a third cylinder located between the two main cylinders. This powered a connecting rod to the second axle of the drivers. These locomotives had a distinctive six-beat exhaust sound, quite different from the conventional steam locomotives. This locomotive also has a trailing truck booster consisting of two small cylinders which could be engaged to help startup heavy trains. The 5021 is the last one of its type and is one of four remaining examples of this three cylinder configuration. SP 5021 Specs:
URTX 67806 Refrigerator Box Car General Transportation Company 1950 1991 Built in 1950 as URTX 37964 by General Transportation Co. Refrigerator cars used ice to keep its perishable contents cool during transport. Part of a series of fifty, this car was in service to Milwaukee Road and carried a Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific herald. During November 1962, the Milwaukee shops rebuilt the car with meat racks for shipping sides of beef. The car was renumbered URTX 66637 and was painted bright yellow with the large red Oscar Meyer logo on the right side of the door. It was in this service for one year and then leased to the Cudahy Co. The car was returned to its original “Hiawatha Orange” color and renumbered to URTX 67806. Later, it was leased to the Swift Co. who then donated it to our museum in 1991.
1314 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway American Car and Foundry Company Cupola caboose 1923 1955 American Car & Foundry (ACF) was contracted by Santa Fe to rebuild old box cars into caboose cars. No. 1314 was one of these and was completed in 1923. This unit is known as a Drovers caboose and is

typical of the way cabooses were used on freight trains during the 1920's and 1930's. The caboose was a home away from home for the train crew and the stock hands when livestock was being transported to market. It contains bunks, tables, a stove, an ice chest, and toilet facilities. These is also a desk where the freight conductor would handle his paperwork. The “cupola” (the enclosed area atop the caboose) afforded the brakeman a clear view of the train ahead. No. 1314 was retired in 1955.

2 Outer Harbor Terminal Railway Company Schenectady Locomotive Works 0-6-0 1887 Total Weight: approx 78 tons

Top Speed: 30 MPH

Length: 51 ft. 6 in.

Diameter of Drivers: 58 in.

Fuel: Oil

Steam Pressure: 140 psi

Built: Schenectady, 1887

 1955 At the time of its retirement in 1955, the Outer Harbor

Terminal No. 2 was reputed to be the oldest working steam locomotive in daily service in the United States. Outer Harbor Dock and Wharf, Inc. and Union Oil Company donated the locomotive to the museum at that time. It is a 0-6-0 switching locomotive and was used along the docks at San Pedro, California.

It was originally Santa Fe's 590, then it was sold to the Outer Harbor Dock & Wharf and renumbered to '2'. They later became the Outer Harbor Terminal Railway Company when Union Oil Company took over operation of the No. 2

3 Fruit Growers Supply Company Climax Locomotive Works Climax locomotive 1909 1954 Class C Climax. Original item of the display.
6 New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Private railroad car 1923 Named William Fletcher
3450 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway BLW ATSF 3450 class 1927 1955
3501 UP EMD SD40-2C 1972 Traded for UP 4014 and is the only operational rolling stock on the premises.
6915 UP EMD DDA40X 1969 1986 Undergoing cosmetic restoration.
9000 UP American Locomotive Company 4-12-2 1926 1956 Largest non-articulated steam locomotive in existence.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway horse car 1930 1971

See also

References

    • Information Guide of the RailGiants Train Museum
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