Orange Empire Railway Museum
2201 S A St
PerrisCA92570
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The Museum grounds are open daily from 9am to 5pm and visitors can ride on classic streetcars, passenger trains and other historical equipment of the Southern California's railroad. Looking is free, riding costs a small fee per person for the whole day.
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"The Orange Empire Railway Museum's purpose is to preserve and display artifacts and documents of the rail transportation industry in order to educate the public on the technology, history and impact of the rail transportation industry in the West and more specifically Southern California."
Founded in 1956, this is the largest operating railway museum in the West, with over 200 locomotives, passenger and freight cars, streetcars and interurban electric cars dating from the 1870s. Each weekend, visitors can ride a different historic train or trolley. Be sure to make a reservation at least two weeks ahead though. Besides holidays, special events are scheduled throughout the year.
The Orange Empire Railway Museum is home to over 200 historic railway cars and locomotives from Los Angeles and the West. Th...e museum’s 90-acre site in Perris, California is open to the public 363 days a year. Railway trains operate every weekend. The museum's mission is to educate the public about railway transportation history of Southern California and the West. We fulfill this mission by...
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