RailGiants Train Museum

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RailGiants Train Museum
UP Big Boy 4014.jpg
Union Pacific 4014 on display in 2005, before moving out in 2013-2014 for restoration.
RailGiants Train Museum is located in California
RailGiants Train Museum
Location within California
LocationFairplex, Pomona, California, United States
Coordinates34°05′01″N 117°46′13″W / 34.083641°N 117.770251°W / 34.083641; -117.770251
TypeRail transport display
Collection sizeDepot and rolling stock
Public 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.

The museum has been indefinitely closed since March 2020. It resumes May 2022.[1]

Collection[]

The collection features historic locomotives which visitors may board.[2] A notable locomotive is the Union Pacific 4014, which was on display at the museum until 2014, when it was moved for restoration.[3]

The museum also features a historic train station, a library, and a collection of railway memorabilia.[2][3]

The museum is free and open to the public on the second weekend of each month.[3]

The museum was featured in Visiting... with Huell Howser Episode 1015.[4]

2 songs: The Loco-Motion & Little Red Caboose from the 1994 Kidsongs video: "Boppin' with the Biggles" were shot at the museum where 3 locomotives on the Union Pacific Railroad : 4–12–2 #9000, Centennial Built Diesel 6915, & Big Boy 4014, Are Cameoed throughout the 2 songs as well as Southern Pacific 4–10–2 #5021, & Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Caboose #1314 was re-identified to "The Biggle Express" For the 2 Songs.

In 2003, one of the Santa Fe horse express cars appeared in the Universal Movie: Seabiscuit Starting Jeff Bridges & Tobbey McGuire from the Marvel's Spider Man films.

Displayed Locomotives[]

Railroad Builder Type/Model Built SN History
#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 #20, Later became #20, Sold in 1921 to Phelps Dodge Corp., Sold in 1931 to United States Potash #3, Donated 1956.
#3 Climax Locomotive Works Three Tuck Climax 3/1909 932 Built as #3, Sold in 1913 to #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.
Union Pacific 6915 Electro Motive Diesel DDA40X 10/1969 7134-16 Built as Union Pacific #6915, Donated 1987.

See also[]

References[]

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

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