March 27, 2009 Dansk tekst til venstre English text on the right Dagens baghave: Backyard of the Day: Orange Empire Railway Museum, Perris, Orange County, California The Orange Empire Railway Museum is located at 2201 South "A" Street in Perris, Orange County, California   I efteråret, da vi besøgte National City Depot Museum, anbefalede personalet, at vi engang skulle tage et smut til Perris, hvor de har det største jernbanemuseum i det vestlige USA, Orange Empire Railway Museum. Og det gjorde vi så i dag. In the fall, when we visited the National City Depot Museum, they recommended that we go to Perris sometime, where they have the largest railroad museum in the western United States, the Orange Empire Railway Museum. Which is what we did today.           Området, hvor museet ligger, er egentlig en spøgelsesby, som hed Pinacartee eller Pinacate. Pinacate blev anlagt omkring 1880 som handelscentrum for et omkringliggende minedistrikt. Kort efter, da jernbanen blev anlagt i 1882, blev Pinacate en af stationerne på ruten. Da stationen i 1886 blev flyttet et par kilometer nordpå til den nyanlagte by, Perris, blev Pinacate efterhånden forladt, og i nyere tid opslugt af Perris. The area where the museum is located is actually a ghost town called Pinacartee or Pinacate. Pinacate was established around 1880 as supply center for the surrounding mining district. Shortly after, when the railroad was built in 1882, Pinacate became one of the stops on the line. When the station in 1886 was moved north to the newly established town of Perris, Pinacate was eventually abandoned and later engulfed by Perris.

To af Pinacates oprindelige bygninger står her endnu. Denne lille bygning, som kaldes stenhuset, er bygget i 1882, og er sandsynligvis den ældste overlevende bygning i Perris og omegn. Huset blev bygget som forretning af senere postmester Leman Dyer Reynolds, og har sandsynligvis også været diligence station en overgang. Two of Pinacate's original buildings still stand here. This little building, called the rock house, was built in 1882, and is probably the oldest surviving building in and around Perris. The house was built as a store by later postmaster Leman Dyer Reynolds, and was probably a stage station on the line to San Jacinto at one time as well.   Den anden overlevende bygning er et stuehus, som er bygget i 1883, og som siges oprindelig at have været værtshus. The other surviving building is a farm house which was built in 1883, and which is said to originally have been a saloon.

Orange Empire Railway Museum blev grundlagt i 1950erne, og har utallige tog, togvogne og sporvogne. Orange Empire Railway Museum was established in the 1950s, and displays countless train and railcars.

Passagerer må ikke stå på platformen ~ Passengers are not allowed to stand on the platform

Day Camping/Boondocking Information The Orange Empire Railway Museum is a decent spot for day camping. The parking lot is a very large dirt lot, which could easily accommodate large campers and RVs. We did not ask about overnight camping or parking, but there were no signs prohibiting it. Facilities: Restrooms Railroad museum Picnic areas Small store Train rides and snack bar on weekends. Dogs allowed, but must be leashed.   More California Travel Information Here YESTERDAY TOMORROW