PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RAILROAD MUSEUM

Went to the Pacific Southwest Railroad Museum located in Campo, CA for a fun day of photography with old trains and train cars being the subject matter. This is not my usual interest but it is a fun outing and a change in vision.

It was a cold and blustery day but it really was not an issue as one could photograph inside some of the cars, and when outside could set up in a relatively protected area using the trains as wind blocks. I have been here before, but I had not ventured into several of the cars before, as you need a tripod in order to

do it correctly.

PREPARING TO BOARD

My first car to visit housed the Post Office. 

 

POSTAL CAR

You can see how the car was set up for sorting the mail while rolling down the track. Beyond the Postal car was a series of passenger cars. As you can see there were accommodations made for segregating the riders.

SEGREGATED SEATING

Then there was the private compartments which came with their own bathroom facilities.

 In the dining car there was the galley and pantry.  

  

DINING CAR GALLEY

In the Caboose there was a coal burning stove for heat and cooking by the staff. 

Outside I took a few pictures of old trains and engines. 

ENGINE 4004

OLD TRAIN DETAIL

One very interesting engine was the Mallet 2-6-6-2 #46. 

 

CALIFORNIA WESTERN

CALIFORNIA WESTERN #110

This is an articulated logging engine. It was designed to make tighter turns than a standard engine. Here is a link so you can learn more about them.

      

       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallet_locomotive

This engine fascinated me as I tried to visualize how it worked. I am still trying to figure it all out, but here is a brief description -

The Mallet locomotive is a type of articulated steam railway locomotive, invented by the Swiss engineer Anatole Mallet (1837–1919).
The essence of his idea combines articulation of the locomotive and compound steam use. The articulation was achieved by supporting the front of the locomotive on a bogie frame (called a Bissell truck); the compound steam system fed steam at boiler pressure to high-pressure cylinders for the main driving wheels. As the steam was exhausted from those cylinders, it was passed into a low-pressure receiver and was then sent to low-pressure cylinders to power the driving wheels on the Bissell truck.

 

ABANDONED

SEEING DOUBLE