Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Orange Empire or Southern California Railway Museum? Yes! We visit today's SoCal Railway Museum where Disney animator Ward Kimball shows us his personal steam locomotive, plus we see the rest of the museum collection (at that time).
No AI was used to bring this show to you. Read about our AI Policy and how we get videos ready for YouTube at: Pentrex.com/AI
About Pentrex: For over 40 years we've been the leader in railroad video entertainment. See us at Pentrex.com and right here on YouTube, with the Official Pentrex Channel!
Pentrex also owns the railroad video entertainment brands of Highball Productions, Green Frog, Valhalla Video, Donner Rails, WB Video, Main Line Motion Pictures, Broken Knuckle Video, Midwest Video and distribute Revelation Video. All that railroad video will appear here - subscribe so you don't miss any rail action.
About this show: Experience the largest operating railway museum in the western United States - the Orange Empire Railway Museum, now the Southern California Railway Museum. From its humble beginnings of preserving a few antiquated streetcars, this Southern California landmark has grown into a huge 70-acre facility with over 200 locomotives, passenger cars, trolleys, freight cars, and interurban electrics.
Each weekend visitors come to enjoy the exhibits and ride trains on the museum's railway - especially during Rail Festivals when they can board steam and diesel powered trains at the 1892 Perris depot and enjoy live bands, vintage autos, and "Big Red Car" rides. One of the main attractions is the new Grizzly Flats Enginehouse, housing an 1881 narrow gauge steam locomotive and rail cars recently donated by retired Disney animator Ward Kimball.
You'll see it all: the displays, volunteers at work, Rail Festival days, an interview with Ward Kimball, plus dozens of trains and trolleys in operation on the Museum's railway. This is a railroading adventure you won't want to miss!
Get better quality and a permanent addition to your collection with the DVD: pentrex.com/DVD-Orange-Empire-Railway-Museum-DVD_OERM-DVD
0:00 Orange Empire? Southern California? Yes.
4:00 Expansion
6:07 PCC Cars
8:25 Ride a Red Car
10:49 Restoration work
14:28 Grizzly Flats engine house
16:34 Ward Kimball interview
17:41 Steam!
20:07 The Museum's eclectic collection
24:30 The Museum's Rail Festival
27:04 Visitors get to see... a lot!
Orange Empire or Southern California Railway Museum? Yes! We visit today's SoCal Railway Museum where Disney animator Ward Kimball shows us his personal steam locomotive, plus we see the rest of the museum collection (at that time).
No AI was used to bring this show to you. Read about our AI Policy and how we get videos ready for YouTube at: Pentrex.com/AI
About Pentrex: For over 40 years we've been the leader in railroad video entertainment. See us at Pentrex.com and right here on YouTube, with the Official Pentrex Channel!
Pentrex also owns the railroad video entertainment brands of Highball Productions, Green Frog, Valhalla Video, Donner Rails, WB Video, Main Line Motion Pictures, Broken Knuckle Video, Midwest Video and distribute Revelation Video. All that railroad video will appear here - subscribe so you don't miss any rail action.
About this show: Experience the largest operating railway museum in the western United States - the Orange Empire Railway Museum, now the Southern California Railway Museum. From its humble beginnings of preserving a few antiquated streetcars, this Southern California landmark has grown into a huge 70-acre facility with over 200 locomotives, passenger cars, trolleys, freight cars, and interurban electrics.
Each weekend visitors come to enjoy the exhibits and ride trains on the museum's railway - especially during Rail Festivals when they can board steam and diesel powered trains at the 1892 Perris depot and enjoy live bands, vintage autos, and "Big Red Car" rides. One of the main attractions is the new Grizzly Flats Enginehouse, housing an 1881 narrow gauge steam locomotive and rail cars recently donated by retired Disney animator Ward Kimball.
You'll see it all: the displays, volunteers at work, Rail Festival days, an interview with Ward Kimball, plus dozens of trains and trolleys in operation on the Museum's railway. This is a railroading adventure you won't want to miss!
Get better quality and a permanent addition to your collection with the DVD: pentrex.com/DVD-Orange-Empire-Railway-Museum-DVD_OERM-DVD
0:00 Orange Empire? Southern California? Yes.
4:00 Expansion
6:07 PCC Cars
8:25 Ride a Red Car
10:49 Restoration work
14:28 Grizzly Flats engine house
16:34 Ward Kimball interview
17:41 Steam!
20:07 The Museum's eclectic collection
24:30 The Museum's Rail Festival
27:04 Visitors get to see... a lot!
