@ Aaron Judge,

Two and five are the same. You need glasses.



- - - - - - - THE DESCANSO IS IN BARN ONE NOW WITH THE CORRECT CASKET ! - - - - - - -


Technological progress in railroad operation took its toll when, in 1967, Santa Fe closed Summit Station, removing the protection afforded the Descanso by the surveillance of Chard Walker and the other railroad employees.

Relocation of the car was imperative, and Travel Town and Orange Empire Trolley Museum were the sites proposed.

Following a heated campaign, the members of PRS voted 161 to 70 to move the car to OETM. On April 30, 1967, the Descanso was loaded on a flatbed semi.

The truck traveled over the Southern Pacific's Palmdale-Colton Cutoff roadbed, on which track was about to be laid, to the Route 138 crossing. Thus, the Descanso became the first rail car to move over the new cutoff.



The trip was completed over public roads to OETM. On May 1 the car was installed on the west side of Broadway at the south side of Alpine.

For the next 16 years the car was on display at this location, open to the public on special occasions.

The cruel elements had been taking their toll on the car since 1940, and it was finally acknowledged by the PRS Board of Directors that placing the car under cover was imperative.

On May 6, 1981, an agreement with OERM was finalized to purchase the materials with which to construct Carbarn No. 3. On June 18, 1983, the Descanso was moved into this building. 



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