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Rail Giants Museum - Fairplex railway exhibit

91768 Pomona, CA, United States of America (USA) (California)
Address Los Angeles Fairgrounds - Fairplex
 
 
Floor area only roughly guessed: 9 000 m² / 96 875 ft²  
 
Museum typ Exhibition
Railway
  • Architecture

Opening times
 Open free to the public during the second weekend of each month, except in May, from 10am to 5pm. Ample parking is available.

Admission
Status from 01/2024
 During May, we are an exhibit inside the Los Angeles County Fair, which requires paid admissio
Contact
Tel.:+1-909-623-01 90  eMail:http://railgiants.org/contact-us.php  
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Location / Directions
N34.083641° W117.770251°N34°5.01846' W117°46.21506'N34°5'1.1076" W117°46'12.9036"
RailGiants is located on the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona.

By car, take the I-10 Freeway toward Pomona and exit on Fairplex Drive. Turn north on Fairplex Drive, go over the hill, and turn right on McKinley Avenue. After going down the hill, turn left into a parking lot marked as Gate #1.

Getting to the historic train display area

Enter the Fairgrounds at Gate 1, which has a guard station towards the left. Tell the security guard you are going to the historic train exhibit and they should be able to direct you to our exhibit

Getting to County Fair via Metrolink Trains

When the County Fair is open, Metrolink stops many trains at the Fairgrounds. Please check their web site for details.

Coming out to see the steam locomotives in person.

Stand back at least 25 feet from all railroad tracks. Railroad tracks, trestles, yards and right-of-way are private property - please do not trespass. Never assume tracks are abandoned or inactive - ALWAYS expect a train.
Description

Visitors can walk around all locomotives and railcars. By walking up stairways into each giant locomotive, you can see into the cabs where engineers and firemen operated these large engines down the tracks of the nation’s rail network.

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.

The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, Rail Giants Exhibit is a historical journey back to the glory days of the American Railroad.

The Museum houses some of the countries most well preserved Locomotives and Rolling Stock.

Exhibits:

Union Pacific SD40-2C 3105
Union Pacific Caboose 24567
Union Pacific “Big Boy” 4014
Union Pacific “Big Boy” 4014 Backhead Interactive Diagram
Union Pacific “Big Boy” 4014 NEWS
Union Pacific 9000
Union Pacific "Centennial" 6915
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 3450
Southern Pacific 5021
Santa Fe Station, Arcadia CA, circa 1887
Outer Harbor Terminal Railway Co. No. 2
Fruit Growers Supply Co. No. 3
United States Potash Co. No. 3
Santa Fe Caboose No. 1314
Nickel Plate Business Car No. 6
Santa Fe Horse Express Car
Ice Cooled Refrigerator Car URTX 67806
The History Museum, Roundhouse, Railyard, and grounds are open to visitors.

* Union Pacific “Big Boy” 4014 is operational under Steam Power in Cheyenne(Wyoming). No. 4014, was re-acquired by Union Pacific, and between 2014 and 2019 was rebuilt to operating condition for the 150th anniversary of the first transcontinental railroad. It thus regained the title as the largest and most powerful operating steam locomotive in the world.

The dry air of Southern California has helped Big Boy 4014 to remain well preserved, assisted by care of the local chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society.

The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society is excited that Union Pacific completed restoration of Big Boy steam locomotive No. 4014. Union Pacific and its steam crew partnered with many businesses and organizations to achieve this long shared Big Boy Steam Dream into reality for the world to experience. We are the organization that preserved and cared for Big Boy No. 4014 during its 52 years at RailGiants Train Museum after retirement. We returned Big Boy No. 4014 to Union Pacific so this famous locomotive could begin a second operational life. On May 4, 2019, Big Boy No. 4014 reclaimed its prior home on the rails between Ogden, Utah and Cheyenne, Wyoming. We look forward to Big Boy No. 4014 expanding its territory across more rails of the Union Pacific System. Our organization’s gift to steam locomotive fans provides a wider appreciation of major industrial manufacturing and steam technologies that helped build the modern United States.
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