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Museum Location Map and driving directions to the Museum's Campo Facility
Note: Google's driving directions to the Musuem are inaccurate. Use this link instead
Definitions Railroad Terms and Jargon
Rulebook General Code of Operating Rules
Boilers and Engines "Locomotive Boilers and Engines" A Practical Treatise on Locomotive Boilers and Engine Design, Construction, and Operation
History Railroad History and Milestones
San Diego History San Diego Area Railroad History
DOT Library ICC Rail Accident Reports, 1911 through 1994
Air Brakes Description and History
Air Brake Controls The 6 and 26L Brake Stands
Track Gauge Why is Standard Gauge Standard?
Whyte system The system for describing steam locomotive wheels
Glass Balls The Mystery of the Glass Balls
Casey Jones What's with this Casey Jones feller anyway?
Hostling How to bootstrap a steam locomotive (or one reason why railroads stopped using steam)
Diesel Fundamentals A beginning tutorial on the Diesel-Electric locomotive
10 Commandments EMD's humorous Ten Commandments of Diesel maintenance
Diesel Facts and Fables Humor from an early EMD instruction booklet
Diesel Locomotive Manual Tom Gardner and George Elwood's wonderful collection of manuals
Railroad Couplers Descriptions and videos showing how couplers work
EMD Diesel Engines A collection of facts and photos of EMD Diesel engines and locomotives