Pacific Coast Railroad (tourist)
Overview | |
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Headquarters | Santa Margarita Ranch |
Locale | San Luis Obispo, California, U.S. |
Dates of operation | 2000–present |
Technical | |
Track gauge | 3 ft (914 mm) |
Length | 3.2 miles (5.1 km) |
The Pacific Coast Railroad is a
tourist railroad located at the Santa Margarita Ranch in Santa Margarita, California
.
Established in 2000 and completed in 2004 by
International Railways of Central America caboose, business car Cuscatlan, and several ex-Denver & Rio Grande
freight cars.
Equipment
No. | Name | Mfr. | Wheel arr. | Year | Status | Notes |
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1 | Caroline | Guiberson-Harpur | 4-4-0 | 1968 | Operational | Originally built for AstroWorld in Houston |
2 | Roger Linn | Vulcan | 2-4-0 | 1922 | Operational | Originally built as a quarry engine, served in Lehigh, Illinois until 1960 |
3 | Melodia | H.K. Porter | 2-6-2 | 1897 (1964) | Operational | Originally built as 0-6-2T for Barker & LePine Sugar Cane Co. of LaFourche Crossing, Louisiana; retired 1953 and rebuilt as 2-6-2 in 1964
|
102-105 | "Retlaw One" | Walt Disney Studios | — | 1955 | Operational | Four passenger coaches; retired in the mid-1960s |
See also
- List of heritage railroads in the United States
- Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum
- Rail transport in Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
References
- ^ "Carolwood Chronicle, Fall 2010" (PDF). Carolwood Pacific Historical Society. Fall 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 31, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
- ^ "Pacific Coast Railroad Company [brochure]" (PDF). Pacific Coast Railroad Company. 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2021.