Pacific Electric Day at Orange Empire Railway Museum

[@grahamsawyer831]

interesting how local authorities made sure to eradicate so many entire streetcar networks in the 50s/60s, only to have to spend a fortune building new systems from scratch 30 years or so later. it's fortunate that so many volunteers have given their time & effort to preserve a few examples that we can appreciate now.

[@michaelgoodman5873]

My Gramps Elliot, Granddad Goodman, and my Dad Skip Goodman. All 3 worked for PEI, I broke the family tradition. The Interurban were taken out. My Dad's Interurban is at OERM, as well as Grandpa's and Gramps's line cars. DAD'S MEMORIAL WAS AT OERM. The last time I rode a red car.

[@JPER-cv2lq]

Amazing place and so much work still ahead to complete .

[@maxrailroad]

Awesome video! That is so cool how they restored some old trolleys, and have a whole rail line for it.

[@singwith]

maxrailroad Thanks!

[@everettthepetractionguy4222]

OERM have wonderful lineup of vintage trolleys and interurbans. My all time favorite is Pacific Electric 1001 👉 12:56. Nice video.

[@SMVvids]

Going this weekend for the steam weekend! Ride a steamy and drive a trolley! So excited!

[@allanegleston13]

love to see one of these on the metro rail. thanks for posting. on edit : interesting tid bit. when paramount was filming the original star trek, paramount sound engineers went out to orange empire and recorded the sound of a tram starting and stopping . that sound was used when the enterprise went into warp.

[@singwith]

allan egleston Thank you for sharing the story.

[@jaminova_1969]

That is super cool! I love trolley's and Star Trek trivia!

[@donaldrudy5127]

Great place to go there and take the whole family out and have a picnic at one of the parks there and even take ride on the historic equipment out there.

[@FiremaE86]

Awesome video!!!

[@singwith]

Firema E86 Thank you.

[@luislaplume8261]

In Los Angeles today the white and yellow buses are for local neighborhoods and also some go to Downtown Los Angeles. The red and orange buses are for interurban lines from Los Angeles to other towns and cities outside of Los Angeles. These are the descendants of the Los Angeles Railway and the Pacific Electric Railway trolley systems.

[@nyc484]

How awesome this place is, was the railroad here to been with or did the volunteers build the right of way?

[@Robotechnology101]

The PE 418 should be returning to operation this fall not sure when but anytime between now and December.

[@justindiaz1849]

I like your video it's was great

[@TrainTrackTrav]

Will you be attending PE day this year? I'll be taking my mother there this year as a late Mother's Day gift.

[@mikehawk2003]

lots of these pe cars came from other electric lines the sp owned, they came to the pe in the 40s because their line died out

[@LilyandOllieTv]

The Bernie safety card number 10 correct me if I'm wrong but that's from Fort Collins Colorado isn't it?

[@Jinnoth]

They said it was organically a Pacific Electric Bernie

[@frankchevlin2230]

It is spelled Birney.

[@sgtdebones]

I've been to that museum. Out in the desert near Riverside,Ca. right?

[@singwith]

marshetta thompson Yes, it's in Perris, CA.

[@donaldrudy5127]

This museum is the thrid largest west of the Mississippi River and it is the only one that has three different sized rails 3ft 0 in Guage 3ft 6 in narrow Guage and 4 ft 8 in. standard Guage

[@salaamallah]

i see myself in the video thanks

[@johnnyjames7139]

I rode what was left of the PE as a kid living in Bellflower. The 418 is a pig, being one of the Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley cars with a top speed of only 35 mph even after field shunts were installed at Torrance shops. It also rides like crap. What I remember is the 314, the only NWP motor car which survives and will go about 60 mph and rides like a Cadillac as well as having the best brakes any car on PE ever had. I am glad the museum is there although I quit my membership after 46 years because they have too much equipment and no possibility of ever restoring most of it.

[@carlflounder5995]

Yea first comment, great vid!

[@singwith]

Carl Flounder Thanks!

[@pizzasubs]

Just wanted to confirm with these electric trains, if the power goes out where they are, thse dont have anything in the way of backup batteries to keep them going, right??????

[@singwith]

+Andrew Silva It's all stops. Just like your car need a gas or when you are hungry, you need something to eat.

[@sengcentorysengcentory8652]

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[@DenverRailFan]

Great video!

[@singwith]

+Denver Rail Fan Thanks!

[@sengcentorysengcentory8652]

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