Pictures from the Arizona Railway Museum

As you enter the museum, look down. A real ATSF threshold for a ATSF railway station.	OK, here it is. It's a real live Hobo Joe statue from the Hobo Joe's restaurants. Remember them now?	Here is a sample of some of the china the museum has. ASTF Bleeding Blue.	I this cabinet, you will see a few of the treasures that were common place in many passengers cars.
A display showing several items found in a typical early to mid 20th century dispatching office.	Here is the real deal. A 1950's era dispatch board. It was used right here in Arizona. Push a button and what a train run as a dispatcher see it	A Homestake Mining Porter built engine driven by air pressure.	Another view. It weighed 10,000 lbs & ran on 1000 psi of air pressure and was in service until 1985.
A 1943 Plymouth ML-8 was running until it blew a cylinder head recently.	The front view of the Arizona Magma Mine Baldwin DRS 6-6-1500.	A side view of #10	#10 still has it's original plaque showing it's number and when it was built.
Here we have the first item the museum received. An SP 2-8-0 that was used as a playground.	The view the engineer would have on the SP 2-8-0.	Now we see the fireman's point of view.	Warned you. Me, a kid in a candy store playing engineer.
An ATSF boundary marker.	A picture frame full of stocks from the Prescott Arizona Central RR.	Fully restored, the train board from the Mesa train station.	A very uncommon car. A 3 done tank car. Used for less than carload loads.
A view of the 3 tank cars the museum has.	2 of the museums box cars. A 60' double door and a 60' refrigerator car.	A better picture of the 60' refer.	A Santa Fe 40' Refer.
The row of tank cars with the 60' refer.	If you look at the ties, you might find one of these. A date nail from 1928	Here is a 1944 date nail. The nails indicated when the tie was laid.	Here are a row of signs that let the train crews know what town they were entering.
This is interesting. On the Magma Baldwin engine, you see 2 different bearings. 1 roller type and 2 friction.	Here is what the friction bearings look like open.	A 1943 25 ton crane used by the Army and a scrap yard until 1995.	A steam powered 120 ton crane. It does function, but only under air pressure.
What's a work crane without a tool car to hold supplies?	A Santa Fe Ce-8 wide cupola caboose. Ever wonder what's inside? Let's look.	Here is the desk the trains conductor would do his paperwork at.	The stove the crew would use to cook or keep warm with.
Here is what the crew would see from the cupola. This caboose is about 85% restored.	Here's that 'kid' again. Now he's the conductor. The caboose seats even had seat belts!	Here a log car from he White mountains sits on a pulpwood card. The log car will stay there until the new site is ready.	Here is an ATSF 60' double door box car that doubles as storage space.
Here is the inside of the smoking car being restored. The plan is to use it as a display for the railcar seating over the years.	Here is a pullman style passenger car. Let's look inside.	Here we have a very narrow hallway with the berths to the right.	1 view of the kitchen inside the car.
Here is the other side of the kitchen. These pictures don't show it well but it is cramped.	A typical sleeper bunk.	A different view. Let's hope your not a toss and turner on this bunk.	If you have need, here is a Murphy bed ready to use.
Here is a typical seat on a modern passenger car.	Here we have an a-typical dining table set up.	Here is a secretaries desk. The typewriter can be stowed so you have a regular desk. Look close the typewriter is begin stowed now.	Now let's look at a privately owned car.
Here we have a custom china cabinet.	Here is the other side of the dining area. Lots of storage for plates and stuff right? Wrong. It's a Murphy bed.	Here we have the lounge area of the car. Fancy.	Here we have the berth rooms of the car. Here too, very fancy.
Here is a more a-typical lounge area.	A row of different types of cabooses. Most are privately owned. 1 the museum owns is a lounge with shower & bathroom for the members.	Here is the inside of one of the museums cars that is used for trips and meetings.	Did not get to see the inside of this car but well maintained.