The Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of railroads as they existed in the Pacific Southwest. With over 120 pieces of equipment and artifacts on display between our two facilities in Campo, CA and La Mesa, CA, the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association provides a unique learning experience for all ages. At our Campo facility, we offer vintage train rides with locomotives and cars from the early 20th century operated by our all-volunteer train crews and support staff.
That’s a three-way switch in the Campo yard. It was built by the Santa Fe Railway in 1928, and was originally in Downtown San Diego, near the corner of the Pacific Coast Highway and ‘F’ streets. It was salvaged and moved by PSRM Volunteers in 1985 to Campo.
My uncle, who worked for CN back in the day, took my cousin and I to work with him and his crew on an emergency track repair with a ride down the tracks in one of those. Need more than one person to lift off the tracks when a train passes... It would put put-put along the track.Called a pumper cart if i remember correctly. They use pickup trucks today. I haven't seen one of those in years...
I was in a church meeting in Franklin Pennsylvania looking out the window and tons and tons of these came down the tracks amd i lost interest in the meeting all together ❤️ 🎉🎉🎉
my first ride on the Trolley was on December 1991 from San Ysidro to Palomar Streeth,one of my fondest memories,so,thanks for this little history of the MTS Trolley
Well made video, but it omitted the one thing I most remember from the earliest days. The first cars were ordered without air conditioning. Worse, their side windows were sealed shut except for small vent windows at the top. After public complaints about the "streetcar named perspire" those first cars were retrofitted with a/c.
Thanks for this comprehensive overview of the San Diego Trolley system and its history. I use the Blue Line extension to get to the VA hospital in La Jolla regularly, and it's been a great way to avoid the congestion on I-5. I know that there has been talk of expanding the system, adding a Purple Line that runs south along I-805. I have mixed feelings on that, On the one hand, it will help get more people on the trolley, but on the other hand, I sense that it would be competing with the Blue Line running virtually parallel to it just a few miles away. Instead (or in addition to), what I would really like to see is a trolley line run from the Otay Mesa border crossing up the CA 125 corridor to connect with the Orange and Green Lines in La Mesa. There has been an explosion of growth in east Chula Vista, and the only way to get to downtown is to ride the Rapid 225 bus (which gets stuck in traffic on the I-805). Don't get me wrong, I used the Rapid 225 daily to get to City College and then the #7 or Rapid 215 to my job in Balboa Park, and it was great. A trolley would be better.
even tho the San Diego Trolley came first, it would’ve been interesting if they followed suit like Edmonton and Calgary and had their LRT be high floor vehicles due to using the same Siemens U2 vehicles. would’ve been a way roomier and accessible vehicle with level boarding just like the current low floor vehicles.
I don't believe that going with high platforms would have been acceptable, especially on costs. Jim Mills was quoted once as saying, "We built a cheap railroad, and it worked". High platforms would have made freight operations difficult, especially in regards to handling large dimensional loads.
It is interesting to see how the American counterpart U2 vehicles are being used! Tho I will say for me personally it still would seem the most right for that type of system to have high floor. More space for passengers and more accessible generally. Cargo can be accommodated but it’s all about the planning!
This is very informative and well done. San Diego history is so interesting. So wish we still had a trolly that went all over town like before. Nice voiceover by the way!!
if only they could get the backing of a billionaire or three. it would be a slam dunk. but the ticket price would be a bit more than $5.USD in 2024-203? -2940? but i for one would go there many times. and i bet thousands more would and thats just people in ca. i bet it would draw people from other countries.
Very great to see two GP9 locomotives from Southern Pacific with each one with an example of both a low nose and high nose configuration I look forward to seeing the low nose GP9 with an original SP lighting package installed and wearing a fresh paint of the black widow paint scheme
@@KiAnimeStuffProduction wow that’s awesome it’ll have both Southern Pacific paint schemes featured on two different versions of GP9 locomotives I look forward to the seeing this GP9 fully repainted in the Scarlet gray and red paint a paint scheme that is fastly disappearing on Union Pacific roster of patch Southern Pacific locomotives as all of them are scheduled to be rebuilt by Wabtec successor to General Electric at their new facility located in the Fort Worth Texas region so far Union Pacific’s Dash 9 roster is almost completely rebuilt even though they will be a memory on Union Pacific it is nice that it’ll carry on at the Pacific Southwestern Railroad Museum of Campo California
The P3 on that unit sounds great. Brings back so many memories watching trains go by with Geeps and Cadillacs on the Permanente branch back in the SP days.
Coaster #2103 still dead leads the Campo Days with its spare K5LA since its true K5LA got stolen by some unknown person. Their long term goals are to have #2103 self propelled again.
Nice job on the Southern Pacific GP9 locomotive 3709 and I would like the locomotive to be painted in an experimental paint scheme, based loosely on the Daylight scheme.