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From: wjm@whuxk.UUCP
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Subject: West Coast Museum
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Date: Sat, 17-Dec-83 00:15:37 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec 17 00:15:37 1983
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For those of you on USENET who are in Southern California (or planning to
visit there), and are interested in electric traction (as well as some
steam and diesel equipment), I recommend a visit to the Orange Empire Railway
Museum in Perris (17 miles south of Riverside on Interstate 15E).  OERM
has preserved a large number of streetcars from West Coast cities (especially
Los Angeles) but also cars from San Diego and San Francisco and as far away
as Ireland and Japan.  Many of the cars are in operating condition (and others
are in the process of being restored so they can run again at the museum)
and can be ridden by visitors on Saturdays and Sundays (as well as on holidays
like the week between Christmas and 1 January.)  The cars are maintained
and operated by volunteers who are trying to preserve this form of transportation
history.  For more information, OERM's phone number is (714)-657-2605
and it is best to call during the day on weekends.
While I'm on the subject of museums, I'd like to mention that there are a
number of these museums around the United States.
An interesting book that describes them and their collections is "Trolley to
The Past" by Andrew D. Young (Interurbans Press, 1983) (Interurbans Special
85).  If you can't find the book locally, you can order it from OERM's bookstore
which has a large selection of rail (especially traction) publications for sale.
Bill Mitchell (whuxk!wjm)