Western Railway Museum @BAERA_WRM
We're the Western Railway Museum! Our mission is to preserve the regional heritage of electric railroading from California and the Western U.S. wrm.org 5848 CA-12, Suisun City, CA Joined December 2022-
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Thank you to everyone who rode the Scenic Limited this weekend! The effects of recent weather are on full bloom as verdant goldfield flowers blanket our emerald rolling hills! Such beauty is a perfect way to close this year's Scenic Limited trains. Thanks for an amazing April!
We spy with our little eye, our Key System #1011, ready to help rescue a stranded Bridge Unit! 83 years later, #1011 still runs with all of its original equipment and tools, alongside our spectacular (not derailed) Bridge Units!
We spy with our little eye, our Key System #1011, ready to help rescue a stranded Bridge Unit! 83 years later, #1011 still runs with all of its original equipment and tools, alongside our spectacular (not derailed) Bridge Units! https://t.co/Eozqh0dCe6
In November 1939, Eurekans went to the polls to decide the fate of their streetcars. Despite municipal ownership, the system was losing up to $20,000 annually. Voters had to determine whether to keep or replace it with a new modern bus system. Ultimately, 67% voted for buses.
Thank you to everyone who rode the Scenic Limited last weekend! Despite technical difficulties that temporarily delayed the train, our quick-thinking volunteers managed to solve it swiftly, restoring service and views like the video below! Thank you for understanding!
Today we bid farewell to the @SFBART Legacy Fleet😢 I’m so glad I got to see these iconic trains before their retirement!
Yesterday, @SFBART closed a major chapter in Bay Area transit history with the final run of their iconic Legacy Fleet. It coincided with the anniversary of another event, which Volunteer Cambridge is here to tell you about! Help support our efforts at: wrm.org/fundraising-ca… !
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As we near our dual Electric Train Tour/#Caltrain160 celebration on May 11, we'll continue to share historic rail info and images. In this post, we see alternate paint schemes, or liveries, that we've had in the past.
Rumbling over the Lake Aliso Trestle, a two-car California Ry train heads east from Leona Heights towards the switchbacks to Mills College, passing by car #21, stored on the bridge. Built by Carter Bros. in 1895, #21 is best remembered today as our Key System #1201. c. 1895
We will be at the event, complete with a fun booth stocked with flyers about our future Rapid Transit History Center! Don't miss out on this incredibly important event in Bay Area transport history!
We will be at the event, complete with a fun booth stocked with flyers about our future Rapid Transit History Center! Don't miss out on this incredibly important event in Bay Area transport history!
With the radical new design of the Legacy Fleet came 10-prototype cars that tested their performance and bugs. Of those, B-car #501 was one of a handful rebuilt, post-testing, for revenue service! Now B2 #1501, you can ride @SFBART's oldest car THIS SATURDAY for the last time!
April 20th will be much more than the last day for @SFBART's iconic Legacy Fleet. It will be your final chance to relive history. You'll be able to ride #1834, which President Richard Nixon rode in 1972! Before we preserve it, come and retake his footsteps on a system he funded.
Working beneath an unusually clear sky, Southern Pacific #2691 switches cars at Eureka, the lifeblood of the old Northwestern Pacific RR. Despite competition from Hwy 101, the NWP prospered in the 1970s thanks to Eureka's lucrative industry. #2691 lives on as @Caltrain JPBX 503!
For those of you who haven’t had the opportunity to see the new trains in person yet or want to see them again don’t forget our next public tour is May 11th in San Carlos!
For those of you who haven’t had the opportunity to see the new trains in person yet or want to see them again don’t forget our next public tour is May 11th in San Carlos!
Thank you to everyone who celebrated the first runs of our Scenic Limited train! Alongside the special interurban consist was an entourage of historic cars that were undergoing their safety inspections to ensure visitors have a safe, fun ride! Thank you for visiting!
Fort Seward California, when it was an active station on the NWP (c.late 50s) vs now
When it comes to maintaining our fleet of historic trains, you don't need to be a professional to learn how to help! With our shop crew, you'll not only learn the lessons of the past, but also the advice of the present, while they're still here. For more: wrm.org/support/volunt…
#DidYouKnow that the Manhattan Bridge used to have streetcars running over it? These #NYTMCollection photographs from the 1910s show the Manhattan Bridge Three Cent Line, which ran streetcars over the bridge from 1912 to 1929. Like the name says, the ride was three cents.
Our Annual Spring Trains begin this weekend! Don't miss your chance to take a scenic train excursion and enjoy all the beauty of Spring. Guests can also enjoy seasonal crafts and a wine booth featuring Vezer and Wooden Valley Wineries. Purchase tickets at wrm.org
Some photos of transit featured in the Cliff House map. L-R: Washington-Jackson cable car at terminal; 7th Ave. steam train depot, Park & Ocean RR, Steam train on California, 1889.
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A $177 million federal grant for the service awarded in 2011 is nearing expiration. trains.com/trn/news-revie…
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This #MuseumMonday we’re spotlighting a “fun fact” about one of the #streetcars in our collection: Did you know that the fixture on the front of #Pittsburgh Railways Co. 4145 is not a bike rack? (1/2)
While this is the #1 guess that we hear as people tour our collection, this apparatus was actually meant to “catch” or “scoop up” pedestrians who accidentally wandered in front of the moving #trolley! Learn more about 4145 at our website: pa-trolley.org/collection/pit… (2/2) #history
@PATrolleyMuseum A very few cable cars were given those in a move to look more “modern”(or maybe more like streetcars??) by URR and MSRY after the Quake & Fire.
Santa Fe F7A #301-L leads the westbound San Francisco Chief during one of its final runs through Hercules, California in April, 1971. Amtrak was only days away. Drew Jacksich photo. american-rails.com/san-fran.html
Pacific near Polk, Feb 2, 1915 View east on Pacific toward Polk, United Railroads Cable car barn & power house for the Pacific Avenue line at left. Some of the buildings still stand & I think the view is recognizable. This is a copy negative of print, I think. 1/2 #sfhistory
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"I found a mighty street, full of...buildings four and five stories...Here a tram-car, without any visible means of support, slid stealthily behind me and nearly struck me in the back. This was the famous cable car of San Francisco..." Rudyard Kipling, American Notes, 1899)
When TC Wohlbruck leased the PG&E lookout at Emigrant Gap, he went to work adding a small lodge and cafe for the new automobile travelers. This photo, c. 1920, shows the cafe set right on the cliff overlooking Bar Valley, which is to the left. In 1920, people who lived during the…
@alfred_twu @BAERA_WRM I was at the Southern California Railway Museum (formerly Orange Empire) @OERailwayMuseum
@BAERA_WRM I didn’t get any shots of the newer LRVs, but there are a number of interesting overlaps in these collections
@BAERA_WRM @alfred_twu I had an opportunity to operate it back in ‘87 or so. I remember it having a unique controller. I also remember when they used to still run the 167
@BAERA_WRM Still hope to come down and visit.
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Thank you @smarttrain for assisting us with the move! The trains have made their journey to Petaluma 🫶🏼
@BAERA_WRM I’m just hoping as many places that can rubs stuff as possible take them. I just really like them
@BAERA_WRM Do y’all intend on trying to get a type 1 from trimet before they all get turned to rebar? Once the dust settles and I know where they are I want to get travel plans to help volunteer and maintain surviving type 1’s
Fruitvale, Oakland, 1941 I'm not sure what happened here at 38th & East 14th Street (now International Boulevard) The Key System 2 car bridge unit seems to have derailed. You'd think this would be in the paper, but no. The New Fruitvale Theatre in the background, #sfhistory
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