Historic steam locomotive and vintage station evoke

Around The Museum Blog

April 2013
Riveting the Outer Harbor Terminal Locomotive

Members Rick Brown and Paul Guercio prepare rivets until red hot from a special furnace. Keep your face and hands a safe distance away from your computer monitor, as these rivets are HOT!

A glowing forge interior with intense orange heat illuminating the space. Two silhouetted mushroom-shaped objects are visible against the fiery background.
A man in overalls, crouching and working on a steam locomotive labeled "O.H.D. & W. Co. 2," while another in blue observes.

Below, Paul uses a pneumatic air hammer to form the red hot rivet into shape, while Rick bucks the rivet from its other side.

A worker in a blue jumpsuit and helmet welds metal on a train with sparks flying. A child watches nearby.
A person in protective gear inspects a large industrial machine's interior, focusing on metal components and bolts, conveying focus and precision.

Nickel Plate Pullman Business Car

Two people in gray shirts work near a table with tools and pipes, set against a large, stationary train in the background, suggesting a railway project.

Mark Herrera and Jason Leach drill holes in the new diaphragms for the Nickel Plate car. Diaphragms are used as a mold, cushion, and shock absorber when coupling passenger cars.

Removing Nickel Plate Window

Larry Blair works to remove the Nickel Plate Pullman car windows so that they can be rebuilt.

April 27 & 28, 2013
San Bernardino Railroad Days

Volunteers from RailGiants Train Museum and the R&LHS Southern California Chapter staffed their booth at San Bernardino Railroad Days. The annual festival was held at the Santa Fe Station serving Metrolink commuter trains, Amtrak’s Southwest Chief, and freight trains of BNSF & Union Pacific.

Visitors to our booth received information about our museum, activities, and benefits of membership. Several items from our museum’s gift shop were also for sale there. Though we weren’t able to bring any of our famous steam locomotives to the festivities, one member did bring his “O” Gauge scale model of Union Pacific Big Boy steam locomotive #4014.

AT&SF steam locomotive #3751 arrived just before noon on Saturday to a thrilled crowd, while welcomed by The Redlands Fourth-of-July Band performing John Phillip Sousa’s Stars and Stripes Forever March.

A crowd gathers around a vintage steam locomotive marked "Santa Fe 3751" under a clear blue sky.

Many of our members pose in front of Santa Fe #3751 with its engineer soon after its arrival. Members later talk with #3751 crew members regarding steam locomotive operations.

A group of nine people stands in front of a large black steam locomotive on train tracks.
A group of men stands near a vintage steam locomotive, engaged in conversation.

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