Orange Empire Steam Shops

Hello everybody, We were very grateful for everybody who made the trek out to the museum this weekend to see Ventura County Railway no. 2 under steam. As many of you found out when you arrived, the locomotive was having mechanical trouble that kept it from operating until late on Sunday afternoon. I know that many of you traveled a long way to see the locomotive running, so I thought I should explain what the mechanical problem was: As many of you know, steam locomotives have...Continue reading

VC2 will be fired up Nov. 21 and 22.

Steam Crew put VC2 back together for her final months of running. Stay tuned for her run days

Congratulations to our colleagues at the Northwest Railway Museum in Snoqualmie, Washington for returning Northern Pacific 0-6-0 no. 924 to operation!