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About Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association
The Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association operates a heritage site in San Diego, California, where visitors ride vintage trains along short demonstration tracks that showcase historic rolling stock. The museum presents interactive exhibits illustrating the railroad development of the Pacific Southwest, and staff conduct guided tours of restored locomotives and carriages.
📍 CAMPO, CA 91906
History
The Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association was founded in 1961 as the San Diego County Railway Museum. In 1988 the organization changed its name to the San Diego Railroad Museum, a title it kept until 2000. That year it adopted its current name, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association, under which it continues to operate as a railway museum in California.
The Trains
Visitors ride vintage trains over short demonstration tracks, while staff lead guided tours of the museum's restored locomotives and carriages in San Diego.
Nearby
Based in Campo, California, the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association pairs with the La Mesa Depot Museum, about 34 mi away, for a fuller day.
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