Nostalgia & History > Anyone Know Where It Is?

While searching on Google Images for pictures of Railroad Cajon Pass and Railroad Perris I found a picture on the following website. The website does not give any information on the picture. When you save the picture it saves as up10turntablemorrisonc.jpg. Does anyone know from this information or from the picture below the location where the picture was taken?

http://www.railswest.com/workers.html

Picture 1, up10turntablemorrisonc.jpg.

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When I enlarged the picture 300% x 300% with paint it was still not possible to identify individual workers. If I could find the location of the picture perhaps I could find a larger version of the picture.

Picture 2 is picture 1 enlarged 300% x 300%.

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Picture 3 is from the following website,

http://www.oerm.org/perris-depot

Picture 3 is a circa 1892 picture of the Perris, California Santa Fe depot.

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Picture 4 is from the following website,

http://ochistorical.blogspot.com/2010_04_01_archive.html

Picture 4, The above website does not identify the location of the picture. Perhaps the location is identified in the book, “Railroads and Depots of Orange County,” by Rob Richardson.

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Picture 5 is picture 4 cropped by Microsoft Office Picture Manager and enlarged 200 x 200 by Paint.

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Today’s, November 18, 2012, China Daily, http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/index.html , has a feature on China’s Only Existing Steam Train.

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-11/18/content_15938962.htm

The following excerpts are from the above website,

“The whistling and chugging sounds of the Jiayang mini steam train has filled the air of Qianwei county in Sichuan province's Leshan city, for more than half a century. With a total length of 19.84 km, the rail gauge is only 76.2 cm - half the standard width. Initially meant to solve the problem of coal haulage in the late 1950s, the train became the main mode of transport for residents to connect with the outside world. Tickets are priced at 5 yuan (80 cents) for seated passengers and 3 yuan for standing passengers, regardless of how far. Each day, the steam train makes four trips, with each run taking about two-and-a-half hours. What's amazing is, residents say the train has never been late!”

On the website there are four pages of 7 pictures and text. Three of these pictures are below.

Picture 6, “Winding through green mountain ranges, whistling and steaming, Jiayang mini steam train has run for almost half a century and is China's only steam train that is still in operation. [Photo by Wang Bin / for China Daily]”

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Picture 7, “The train has long been a common sight for villagers. They play mahjong right next to the rails. [Photo by Wang Bin / for China Daily]”

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Picture 8, “Pets are welcome on the train. [Photo by Wang Bin / for China Daily]”

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The station seen in photo 3 is the former California Southern/Santa Fe depot at Perris California. I believe it is in use as a museum today.

Cheers,
Jack

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flynn Wrote:

> Picture 4, The above website does not identify the
> location of the picture. Perhaps the location is
> identified in the book, “Railroads and Depots of
> Orange County,” by Rob Richardson.

It's not in Richardson's book that I can find. It does appear in Donald Duke's Santa Fe - Gateway to the American West, v.1 on p.240. He identifies the location as Santa Ana, CA. The locomotive is former Southern California RR #14, built by Manchester in 1887. It became AT&SF 645, then 296 in the 1898 renumbering, and finally 3 in the 1900 renumbering. It was scrapped at San Bernardino in 1913.

Thanks Evan for the information.

Fine dogs in pics...You never see a cat close to a train...(Unless it's Chessie) Too Loud!- Steve