Turning Over
RSD-1's 1956 and 1975 of the Southern California Railway Museum (formerly the Orange Empire Rwy Museum) sit out side one of the shop buildings on September 7, 2019. 1956 was just fired up to perform some switching duties, notably pulling Ventura County #2, a cute little 2-6-2 Prairie, out of the shop. The steamer has been having some minor repairs done and was separated from its tender. It and the tender were pulled out so the drawbar between the two could be reinstalled. RSD-1 1956 is a 1941 product of ALCo and a former US Army and DOT loco. 1975 was built in 1942 and also former USA and DOT owned. Both served a stint in Persia (Iran) during WWII hauling supplies into Russia before returning to the states after the war.
Turning Over
RSD-1's 1956 and 1975 of the Southern California Railway Museum (formerly the Orange Empire Rwy Museum) sit out side one of the shop buildings on September 7, 2019. 1956 was just fired up to perform some switching duties, notably pulling Ventura County #2, a cute little 2-6-2 Prairie, out of the shop. The steamer has been having some minor repairs done and was separated from its tender. It and the tender were pulled out so the drawbar between the two could be reinstalled. RSD-1 1956 is a 1941 product of ALCo and a former US Army and DOT loco. 1975 was built in 1942 and also former USA and DOT owned. Both served a stint in Persia (Iran) during WWII hauling supplies into Russia before returning to the states after the war.