Category Archives: ORANGE EMPIRE RAILROAD MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPHS

SANTA’S WORKSHOP AT ORANGE EMPIRE RAILWAY MUSEUM

Posted on January 1, 2014 by THE OLD MACHINIST

Posted in NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY AT OERM, ORANGE EMPIRE RAILROAD MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPHS, RAILROAD STRUCTURES, RESTORED RAILROAD EQUIPMENT, SPECIAL EVENT AT OERM, STANDARD GAUGE RAILROADS, VC-2 STEAM ENGINE PICTURES | Tagged A MIRACLE? NO - JUST HARD WORK! | Leave a comment

BIG CHANGE IN CAJON PASS

Posted on September 20, 2013 by THE OLD MACHINIST

THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD EXERCISED THEIR RIGHT TO A ROUTE THROUGH THE CAJON PASS BY CONSTRUCTING A NEW LINE FROM COLTON TO PALMDALE. THE NEW LINE SAW ITS FIRST REVENUE FREIGHT TRAIN IN 1967. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, I MADE TRIPS TO THE CONSTRUCTION SITE … Continue reading →

Posted in DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES, HISTORICAL PICTURES, HOW THIS & THAT IS DONE, RAILROAD HISTORY IN PICTURES, RAILROAD STRUCTURES, STANDARD GAUGE RAILROADS, THE WAY IT WAS | Tagged A MIRACLE? NO - JUST HARD WORK!, FORTY YEAR OLD COLORSLIDES, HOW DID THEY DO THAT? | 2 Comments

A STEAM LOCOMOTIVE IS MORE THEN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS

Posted on April 23, 2013 by THE OLD MACHINIST

THE TITLE BEGS THE QUESTION: WHAT ARE THE PARTS THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE IS GREATER THEN THE SUM OF? ON A RECENT FRIDAY MORNING, THE MUSEUM’S ACTIVE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE, THE VC-2, WAS BEING PREPARED FOR THE WEEKEND PASSENGER TRAINS TO PERRIS. … Continue reading →

Posted in ORANGE EMPIRE RAILROAD MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPHS, STEAM LOCOMOTIVES, VC-2 STEAM ENGINE PICTURES | Tagged A MIRACLE? NO - JUST HARD WORK!, STEAM-UP BEGINS | Leave a comment

EARLY DAYS AT ORANGE EMPIRE RAILROAD MUSEUM

Posted on September 24, 2012 by THE OLD MACHINIST

I was not yet a member of the museum during the time these photographs were taken as I was busy with my new career and family. However, I managed to get some time set aside to visit interesting places on … Continue reading →

Posted in EARLY YEARS AT OERM, HOW THIS & THAT IS DONE, ORANGE EMPIRE RAILROAD MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPHS | Tagged HOW DID THEY DO THAT? | 1 Comment

E-UNITS OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD

Posted on July 14, 2012 by THE OLD MACHINIST

MY OLD SLIDES DATE FROM 1962. MY SLIDES, AHEM, MY COLLECTION OF SLIDES HAS BEEN COLLECTING DUST AND SPIDERS FOR SEVERAL DECADES BECAUSE THE EFFORT NEEDED TO GET THEM ORGANIZED INTO RATIONAL SETS AND THEN SHOWING THEM SEEMED OVERWHELMING DURING … Continue reading →

Posted in ORANGE EMPIRE RAILROAD MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPHS, RESTORED DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES | Tagged A FACE-LIFT FOR A FORMER BEAUTY QUEEN., A MIRACLE? NO - JUST HARD WORK!, HOW DID THEY DO THAT? | 3 Comments