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San Bernardino Railroad and History Museum

92410 San Bernardino, CA, United States of America (USA) (California)
Address 1170 W 3rd Street
 
 
Floor area unfortunately not known yet  
 
Museum typ Exhibition
Railway
  • Model Railway
  • Typewriter, calculating and coding
  • Fire Brigade
  • Clocks and Watches
  • Carriages
  • Railway Technique
  • Telephone / Telex
  • Morse technology

Opening times
 Thursday: 10am - 2pm; Saturday: 10am - 3pm

Admission
Status from 10/2014
 Free entry.
Contact
Tel.:+1-909-888-3634  eMail:sbrrdays me.com  
Homepage
to Location / Directions
www.sbdepotmuseum.com
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Location / Directions
N34.104005° W117.309760°N34°6.24030' W117°18.58560'N34°6'14.4180" W117°18'35.1360"
Directions from Los Angeles:
Take Highway I-10 eastbound to the I-215; turn north onto I-215 and proceed to 2nd Street; exit on 2nd Street; turn left and go under the freeway one block to "I" Street; turn right and go north one block to 3rd Street; turn left and proceed westbound for about 1,000 feet to the Santa Fe Depot, which is on the right.

The San Bernardino Railroad and History Museum is located inside the historic Santa Fe Depot

Amtrak and Metrolink Stations are here.
Description

Overview

The San Bernardino History and Railroad Museum specializes in San Bernardino history and all things railroad. It houses the Santa Fe Western Archives and unique artifacts, surrounded by hundreds of historic photographs.

The Museum is located in the restored 1918 Santa Fe Depot that serves Amtrak and Metrolink passengers and is across the tracks from the BNSF intermodal facility. Over 100 freight trains pass by the depot each day.
 

Artifacts

The museum contains unique San Bernardino and railroad memorabilia, and one-of-a-kind artifacts, including:
* Antique hand-drawn vehicles and 19th century horse-drawn buggies
* A 1910 railroad statiion recreated with period office equipment, telegraph, etc.
* The first automobile that was operated in San Bernardino
* An 1890 Fire Department Hose Wagon that's been in the Rose Parade eight times
* A 19th century Velocipede (a three-wheeled railroad inspection vehicle)
* Several large antique clocks, including one that hung in the Santa Fe roundhouse office in 1916
* 100 Years of National Orange Show History
* A Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) Machine like the one used in the this Depot from 1973 to 1989
* Model Trains and a half dozen TVs playing railroad videos and history slide shows
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