Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
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The Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, located at the corner of State Route 94
and Forrest Gate Road near Campo, California
, is a railroad museum
dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of railroads as they existed in the Pacific Southwest.
The museum operates a heritage railroad
that offers train rides (including some to Tecate
, Mexico
), and has 6 steam locomotive
s, 12 diesel locomotives and 59 other pieces of rolling stock.
All Ticket to Tecate rides have been suspended since January 2010 until further notice.
is a video that was made at Campo,Ca.The video was made in 1994 and the museum was closed for the week for shooting. Here, one of the museums MRS-1 locomotives was pulling a 3-car Golden State excursion train heading east.
California State Route 94
State Route 94 in the U.S. state of California is the Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway from Interstate 5 in Downtown San Diego to the end of the freeway portion past Route 125 in Spring Valley; the non-freeway segment of SR 94 is Campo Road....
and Forrest Gate Road near Campo, California
Campo, California
Campo is a census-designated place located in the Mountain Empire area of southeastern San Diego County, California. The population was 2,684 at the 2010 census....
, is a railroad museum
Railway museum
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives , railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment.See List of railway museums...
dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of railroads as they existed in the Pacific Southwest.
The museum operates a heritage railroad
Heritage railway
thumb|right|the Historical [[Khyber train safari|Khyber Railway]] goes through the [[Khyber Pass]], [[Pakistan]]A heritage railway , preserved railway , tourist railway , or tourist railroad is a railway that is run as a tourist attraction, in some cases by volunteers, and...
that offers train rides (including some to Tecate
Tecate
Tecate is a small city in Baja California, Mexico and the municipal seat of Tecate Municipality. It is located on the border with Tecate, California, United States in the San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. There is a small port of entry betwixt the sister cities that serves as a calmer...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
), and has 6 steam locomotive
Locomotive
A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...
s, 12 diesel locomotives and 59 other pieces of rolling stock.
All Ticket to Tecate rides have been suspended since January 2010 until further notice.
Movies
There Goes a TrainThere Goes a...
The "There Goes a..." series is a collection of children's videos, also known as "Real Wheels". Three episodes, "There Goes the Mail," "There Goes a Garbage Truck," and "There Goes a Rescue Vehicle", were released as a part of the short-lived "Dream Big" series...
is a video that was made at Campo,Ca.The video was made in 1994 and the museum was closed for the week for shooting. Here, one of the museums MRS-1 locomotives was pulling a 3-car Golden State excursion train heading east.
See also
- Carrizo Gorge RailwayCarrizo Gorge RailwayThe Carrizo Gorge Railway is a freight operator on the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway from Tijuana, Mexico to Plaster City, California , San Diego, California to La Mesa, California and San Diego, California to Santee, California...
- Non-profit organizationNon-profit organizationNonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
- List of heritage railroads in the United States