RailGiants Train Museum

RailGiants Train Museum

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

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.

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.

Rolling stock

Number	Image	Railroad	Builder	Type	Built	Added to collection	Notes
2		Outer Harbor Terminal Railway	Schenectady Locomotive Works	0-6-0	1887	1955	Originally Santa Fe 590.
3		Fruit Growers Supply Company	Climax Locomotive Works	Climax locomotive	1909	1954	Class C Climax. Original item of the display.
3		United States Potash Company	Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW)	2-8-0	1903	1956	Originally Morenci Southern Railroad. 3-foot gauge.
6		New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad	New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad	Private railroad car	1923		Named William Fletcher
1314		Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway	American Car and Foundry Company	Cupola caboose	1923		Retired 1955.
3450		Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway	BLW	ATSF 3450 class	1927	1955
4014		Union Pacific Railroad (UP)	American Locomotive Company	Union Pacific Big Boy	1941	1962	One of eight Big Boys that have been preserved. On July 23, 2013 Union Pacific announced that it has acquired the locomotive from the chapter and will restore it to operating condition. When 4014's restoration is completed, the engine will join UP's never retired 4-8-4 844 as well as 4-6-6-4 Challenger 3985 in excursion service. The locomotive is now at the railroad's steam shop in Cheyenne, Wyoming where it is undergoing restoration. The railroad hopes to have the locomotive fully restored and operational in 2019.
5021		Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)	American Locomotive Company	4-10-2	1926	1956	Only Southern Pacific class SP-2 left, and one of 4 remaining three-cylinder locomotives in the United States.
6915		UP	EMD	DDA40X		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

References

External links

• RailGiants Train Museum