FROM THE YARD

The San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society (SBRHS), with presenting partners Los Angeles Union Station, Metro, Metrolink, and Amtrak, will welcome the public to Rail Safety: Los Angeles this September - the largest railroad safety event in downtown Los Angeles in more than a decade, as part of Rail Safety Month.

San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society (SBRHS) proudly partners with Union Station, Metro, Amtrak, and Metrolink for Los Angeles Union Station Train Festival 2023: A Celebration of Past, Present & Future.

She's back! It is with great pleasure and much excitement that all of us here at the San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society would like to announce the completion of the Federal Railroad Administration-mandated 15-year rebuild. The steam crew...

On a cool, April 16, the steam crew was up bright and early to move 3751 out of its storage track and onto the turntable at Amtrak's Redondo Junction maintenance facility. Once properly turned, the engine was...

Prepared by various members of the steam crew and fully painted by Chief Mechanical Officer (CMO) Bob Kittel, the sand dome has...

While quite a distance will separate the two locomotive during this upcoming outing, we are pleased to report that California will once again see the visit of UP 4014, the "Big Boy," this summer as it embarks on a west coast-themed steam excursion tour. On April 11, UP made the following...

As steam crew members worked outside readying more equipment for paint, Sam C. (left) and Dave C. (right) could be found in the cab with Alex G. working on the placement of the new Positive Train...

During an extremely warm April 9 (with the temperature spiking at 95 degrees), the steam crew pushed on in preparing materials for new paint. One of the items that had been readied the week prior were the numberboards, which you might recognize usually sit on top of the locomotive just in front of the sand dome.

On a gloomy April 2, members of the steam crew gathered at Redondo Junction for another productive work day at "the compound." Some of the remaining pieces of piping to install on 3751 included the injector lines up to the top-check valves. 

On April 2, some of the steam crew caught a glimmer of the Northern Pacific off in the distance and needed to investigate the matter.

The day has finally arrived where the first pieces of 3751's new Positive Train Control (PTC) system, known as "LeapTC," have been installed on the locomotive.

Following weeks of dedicated, hard work from the steam crew...some of which placed crewmembers in the tightest areas on the locomotive...the 100% completion of the reinstallation of all of 3751's boiler jacketing is complete!

3751's three Coale safety valves, also known as "pop" valves, were taken back off the locomotive and reset following the engine's most recent steam test. The resetting of the valves took place at...

One of the many items that is being readied for fresh paint is 3751's sand dome. This large piece was taken off the locomotive back in 2018 when the 15-year rebuild was just getting started. Now, after remaining under the protection of a tarp for a number of years, the dome is once again...