The railway museums that I know of, and am learning about, in Southern California... a lot more of them then I would have guessed

http://www.oerm.org/pages/visinfo.html for directions and the rest of the 2012 calendar of events is at http://www.oerm.org/pages/calendar.html
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The Poway railway museum is at http://www.powaymidlandrr.org/default.htm and I posted about it a couple years ago: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2007/06/any-day-around-trains-is-good-day.html

get the links and check out their websites at http://www.daytrippen.com/pacific-southwest-railway-museum.html

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The many uses and ways the Jeep has been the workhorse in so many places and varieties of terrain

 rare to see a FC jeep

 not only was the Jeep a pusher, but look at the difference in front tires on the sprint car!

all from http://www.ewillys.com/?cat=195

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The Patron Tequila Express... a 1927 railcar of unlimited luxury owned by the guy who owns Patron Tequila, and partner in Paul Mitchell hair care

Labelled by its owner John Paul DeJoria as the 'most unique and finest train car in the world', it was manufactured in 1927

Born in California to a Greek mother and an Italian father, the 67-year-old has been homeless twice and had his first job when he was just nine years old, selling Christmas cards door to door.

He made his first million through his hair care company John Paul Mitchell Systems, which he founded in 1980 with hair dresser Paul Mitchell for $700.

The shiny green, 85-foot long car features a sitting area called the 'Observation Room' with beautifully upholstered chairs, marble bathrooms, a dining area for eight people, gourmet kitchen and sleeping quarters.

Decked out in intricate wood carvings from Maharajah's palace and original 14th-century Gothic art, it is used for Mr DeJoria's private travel and cocktail parties for his spirits business.

Check out the video in the link for a better look
 
Thanks to Mary who led me to  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2053941/Inside-twice-homeless-billionaires-private-train-car-complete-master-bedroom-marble-bathroom-observation-room.html#ixzz1c3DnTk92

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Color photos of Russian agrarian culture before WW1

titled On the Handcar Outside Petrozavodsk on the Murmansk Railway, 1915

found on http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2010/06/imperial-russia-in-colour-1909-1915/

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1920's and 30's color photos

 Experimental planes on Wright Field in Dayton Ohio

 these last two are photos from the 1927 Fair of the Iron Horse, the was staged by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to celebrate its centenary.

photos from http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2011/05/america-1920s-30s-in-color/

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railroad inspection cars and special back plate rims so regular vehicles could ride on the rails easier

 That is pretty smart, as long as the car has exactly the right width of a footprint between the tires

 The above is a Lincoln model L, a more luxurious railcar than most

 pedal powered rail inspection car... the exercise it would take to push this 100 pound rail riding machine would be a lot... consider that bicycles are talked about in ounces... and that's because of the energy it requires ot keep them moving for long distances

 a very early track car, that has a good size spot light and bell

another mobile turntable to get inspection cars turned around for the trip home. ( This summer I learned they couldn't make the trip in reverse in the case they didn't drive far enough to find a rail house with a full size turntable, because (of course) the radiator has to be ahead of the car in the direction of travel to correctly cool the engine)

All of these are from TheOldMotor.com http://theoldmotor.com/

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Pontiac Chieftan was a comfy ride for some railroad inspector.. probably one with clout and pull at the office

http://blog.hemmings.com/ where Dan had it in a story...

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another wild variety of photos from Formicarius.tumblr.com, from Queens and Kaisers to carnival coaster cars and pirate women in Ostrich carts

1890's quadricycle with a Maxim machine gun mounted and beign tested for army contract consideration

Total car kid awesomeness! Want!

Proabably for a private little rail backyard fun... but the cutest damn thing I think I've seen all day

Pirate women ostrich racing... most bizarre thing we'll see all week?

Kaiser Wilhelm and blimps! Steampunk delux

incredible yes? http://formicarius.tumblr.com for hours of distraction from the mundane

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The Golden Gate Special (1888)

these are just a couple of the pages, the ones I think are best representatives of the booklet you can see complete here: http://www.archive.org/stream/goldengatespecia00uniorich#page/n3/mode/2up

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The Interurban Era by William Middleton, is available online complete from cover to cover

the Cincinatti and Lake Eire

  

 This isn't a passenger car. St Louis municipal codes were a problem, so they made this engine look like a passenger car. Expensive, sneaky, but effective

Two engine drivers had a contest to see who could get out of the railyard... they were pretty stubborn at carrying on despite the obvious equality of power, size, and brakes.   Gloversville New York

 New Haven railway 1896, this car seats 80

Provo Utah, 1917

see it all at http://www.archive.org/stream/interurbanera00midd#page/n5/mode/2up

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