My trip to the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 8:06 pmYesterday my brother in law and I braved the rather harsh Los Angeles heat (104 degrees at least) to visit the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society and see their impressive collection. Here's a list of everything we got to see:
Union Pacific 4-12-2 #9000
Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy #4014
Union Pacific DD40X #6915
Southern Pacific 4-10-2 #5021
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 4-6-4 #3450
Outer Harbor Terminal Railway 0-6-0 #2
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe caboose #1314
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Horse Express Car
Nickel Plate Business Car #6
United States Potash Car #3
URTX Refrigerator Car #67806
My brother in law handled taking the pictures and I'll post some as soon as he sends them to me.
Without a doubt the most memorable part of the trip was seeing Big Boy #4014 in person. No amount of pictures can ever convey the sheer size of this locomotive. It's something you have to see for yourself. I stand at about 6 foot 4 and the drive wheels are almost up to my eye height! The firebox is about as big as your average size living room. It really is a masterpiece of engineering and everyone who worked to build and operate these beasts has my admiration. Oh yeah, I also got to blow #4014's whistle!
The other thing that had me really excited was seeing a DD40X in person and boy it didn't disappoint at all. The most powerful diesel ever built certainly looks the part with it's twin diesel motors and 4 drive wheels per truck. The best part was I got to sit in the engineer's seat and play around with the controls. Yeah, I also got to blow the horn on this one.
The other locomotives were also absolutely wonderful to look at. The drive wheels ATSF #3450 are actually taller than me and UP #9000 has automatic cab signalling installed and I got to see it up close!
They were also giving out free, authentic copies of Santa Fe, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific timetables. Naturally I had to get one of each that they had:
There's plenty more where that came from. If anyone would like to see the rest I can scan them. I'm sure some of you might find the information quite useful.
Union Pacific 4-12-2 #9000
Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy #4014
Union Pacific DD40X #6915
Southern Pacific 4-10-2 #5021
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 4-6-4 #3450
Outer Harbor Terminal Railway 0-6-0 #2
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe caboose #1314
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Horse Express Car
Nickel Plate Business Car #6
United States Potash Car #3
URTX Refrigerator Car #67806
My brother in law handled taking the pictures and I'll post some as soon as he sends them to me.
Without a doubt the most memorable part of the trip was seeing Big Boy #4014 in person. No amount of pictures can ever convey the sheer size of this locomotive. It's something you have to see for yourself. I stand at about 6 foot 4 and the drive wheels are almost up to my eye height! The firebox is about as big as your average size living room. It really is a masterpiece of engineering and everyone who worked to build and operate these beasts has my admiration. Oh yeah, I also got to blow #4014's whistle!
The other thing that had me really excited was seeing a DD40X in person and boy it didn't disappoint at all. The most powerful diesel ever built certainly looks the part with it's twin diesel motors and 4 drive wheels per truck. The best part was I got to sit in the engineer's seat and play around with the controls. Yeah, I also got to blow the horn on this one.
The other locomotives were also absolutely wonderful to look at. The drive wheels ATSF #3450 are actually taller than me and UP #9000 has automatic cab signalling installed and I got to see it up close!
They were also giving out free, authentic copies of Santa Fe, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific timetables. Naturally I had to get one of each that they had:
There's plenty more where that came from. If anyone would like to see the rest I can scan them. I'm sure some of you might find the information quite useful.
