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Orange Empire Railway Museum

• Location & Contact Information
  • Address: 2201 S A St Perris CA USA 92572
  • Telephone Number: +1-909-943-3020
  • Official Website: [1]
• Overview

Orange Empire Railway Museum (OERM) is a railroad museum founded in 1956 at the Pinacate Station in heritage railroad on the museum grounds.The collection focuses on Southern Californias railroad history. It houses the largest collection of Pacific Electric Railway rolling stock in the world, much of it rescued from scrapyards after the discontinuation of their passenger operations. Two early Los Angeles narrow gauge streetcars from the Los Angeles Railway run each weekend on the half-mile long, dual gauge Loop Line . A passenger-carrying diesel or electric freight train with open gondolas fitted with benches and at least two cabooses runs on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) long, standard gauge mainline that was once a spur line of the Santa Fe Railroad. The main stretches from south of the museum northward to the junction with BNSF Railway, where the historic Santa Fe depot on State Route 74 stands. The BNSF Railway spur is in active use, and the railroad grants permission for OERM trains to use the spur for special events. A Pacific Electric interurban Red Car also operates on the mainline on selected weekends, but the line electrification ends a block south of the depot. Streetcars and locomotives are selected on a rotating basis. The museum maintains a steam locomotive in operating condition and its use is scheduled for certain special events and major holidays. Admission to the OERM and parking are free except for special events, but a ticket must be purchased to ride on the museum railway. The ticket is valid for unlimited rides on the train and streetcars.Tours of the grounds, static exhibits and shops are self-guided. A picnic area is located near the main entrance as is an interactive railroad signal garden. The signal garden has working examples of block signals and grade crossing signals, including two working examples of the wigwag grade crossing signals, once common throughout California.^[1]

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