SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAILWAY MUSEUM - Perris California

John's Tales From the Rails
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The Orange Empire Traction Company was renamed the Southern California Railway Museum in 2019. The name change was intended to reflect the museum's broader focus on all aspects of railway history, not just electric traction.
The museum's collection now includes a variety of locomotives, freight cars, and passenger cars from different eras and different types of railways. The museum also operates a heritage railroad on its grounds, which features both steam and diesel-powered trains.
The name change was also seen as a way to make the museum more accessible to a wider audience. The term "railway" is more familiar to many people than the term "traction," and the new name more accurately reflects the museum's diverse collection and mission.

[@Parovoz0251]

It was a pleasure to help guide you guys through the museum! Great video!

[@SWExplore]

Thank you, Nathan! We enjoyed every minute of visiting SCRM and the tour you so kindly offered us.

[@milesandhikes]

Hope you both are doing great! And I’m f you don’t post a new video before end of the year, I’ll say it here: HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

[@samuelchambers5]

Is this the same place in Perris that was named the Orange Empire Railway Museum? If it is, my wife and I visited there many years ago and had a wonderful experience. At that time there was far more equipment on site than is shown in your video. Did they get rid of some of the equipment that was there previously? Thanks for producing this video, as I enjoyed it.

[@TubeLVT]

Yes. It was renamed a few years ago and still has “OERM” as a d.b.a.

[@SWExplore]

Yes, and as @TubeLVT mentioned, is was called Orange Empire Railway Museum. As far as there having been more equipment on site, I'm not sure since this was our first time visiting SCRM. We were definitely lucky to have run into one of their docents who took us on a tour inside the storage areas. It was a fun day and we plan on returning on a day when they put on another 'Rail Festival' which is likely when you had visited years ago.

[@Jeff-uj8xi]

The person operating the car is the motorman, or operator. He is not referred to as the driver. You don't drive a railcar, you operate it.

[@SWExplore]

Of course, you are right. Please forgive our oversight.

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[@SWExplore]

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[@Cincy32]

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[@SWExplore]

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