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RailGiants Train Museum

RailGiants Train Museum is a railroad museum of historic trains located at the Fairplex in Pomona, California, United States. It is owned and maintained by the Southern California Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society. The museum also operates the Fairplex Garden Railway, a garden railroad which uses G scale model trains.[1] It has over 80 volunteers and from November through July, runs the second Sunday of every month, from 11:00am to 4:00pm, for the general public. The FGRR gears up every year for the L.A. County Fair, its primary show. In December various members run their Christmas trains.

The museum was closed indefinitely in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but after renovations, it reopened in May 2022.[2]

Collection

The collection features historic locomotives which visitors may board.[3] The museum also features a historic train station, a library, and a collection of railway memorabilia.[3][4] Currently, entry to the museum is free and open to the public on the second weekend of each month, besides daily in May during the L.A. County Fair.[4]

A notable locomotive in the collection is the Union Pacific 4014, which was on display at the museum until 2014, when it was moved for restoration.[4]

The museum was featured in Visiting... with Huell Howser along with Kidsongs Boppin with the Biggles songs, Little red caboose & The Locomotion Episode 1015.[5]

Displayed locomotives

See also

References

  1. ^ "Fairplex Garden Railroad". fgrr.org.
  2. ^ "RailGiants Train Museum | Historical Journey of the American Railroad". railgiants.org. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b Summons, Trevor (June 3, 2019). "Trevor's Travels: Do the Locomotion at the Rail Giants Train Museum in Pomona". Daily Bulletin.
  4. ^ a b c Merino, Maydeen (November 15, 2019). "Nostalgia Rides the Rails at Fairplex". Campus Times.
  5. ^ "Fairplex Railroad Museum – Visiting (1015) – Huell Howser Archives at Chapman University". 3 March 2017.

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