07-04-2013, 01:20 PM
I'm hoping to get to both Travel Town (Griffith Park). They have a nice collection. 14 steam locomotives. The most notable ones are an 1864 4-4-0 and an SP 4-4-2. They also have some nice passenger cars...I'm partial to the Oahu Railway cars in their collection.
Orange Empire isn't just a trolley museum, while that is certainly a major part of it. They have Ward Kimball's collection, which consists of gorgeous 1881 mogul, an 1881 Barney & Smith coach, and a dozen more wooden narrow gauge cars. They have an operational SG 2-6-2 and nice selection of diesels, passenger cars, and freight cars. Plus a UP 2-8-2. Their shop has a very high reputation for quality.
The Los Angelos County Fair Grounds are very noteworthy: UP 9000 (4-12-2), a UP Big Boy, an SP 4-10-2, an AT&SF 4-6-4, a 3-truck Climax, a narrow gauge 2-8-0, and an archaic 0-6-0.
Knott's Berry Farm has a serious railroad. They run a pair of NG 2-8-0s from Colorado (RGS #41 and D&RGW ##340). They have a collection of ex-D&RGW and RGS cars (coaches, freight cars, and a caboose). The centerpiece of their collection is the Rio Grande Southern business car Edna which you can ride. The D&RGW K-27 at Huckleberry RR in Michigan was originally at Knott's. The shop guys love their steam locomotives...the spend all week working on their 2-8-0s only to spend many weekends many hours away working on SPng #18...a NG 4-6-0.
Several of Disneyland's locomotives are rebuilt industrial locomotives (1890s-1920s) as well.
Orange Empire isn't just a trolley museum, while that is certainly a major part of it. They have Ward Kimball's collection, which consists of gorgeous 1881 mogul, an 1881 Barney & Smith coach, and a dozen more wooden narrow gauge cars. They have an operational SG 2-6-2 and nice selection of diesels, passenger cars, and freight cars. Plus a UP 2-8-2. Their shop has a very high reputation for quality.
The Los Angelos County Fair Grounds are very noteworthy: UP 9000 (4-12-2), a UP Big Boy, an SP 4-10-2, an AT&SF 4-6-4, a 3-truck Climax, a narrow gauge 2-8-0, and an archaic 0-6-0.
Knott's Berry Farm has a serious railroad. They run a pair of NG 2-8-0s from Colorado (RGS #41 and D&RGW ##340). They have a collection of ex-D&RGW and RGS cars (coaches, freight cars, and a caboose). The centerpiece of their collection is the Rio Grande Southern business car Edna which you can ride. The D&RGW K-27 at Huckleberry RR in Michigan was originally at Knott's. The shop guys love their steam locomotives...the spend all week working on their 2-8-0s only to spend many weekends many hours away working on SPng #18...a NG 4-6-0.
Several of Disneyland's locomotives are rebuilt industrial locomotives (1890s-1920s) as well.
Michael
My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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