Railfair '99 was held in Sacramento June 18-27, and the San Diego Railroad Museum sent personnel and equipment. Many volunteers manned our booth greeting hundreds of visitors. We told them about our museum operations in Campo, CA., and about the history of the San Diego & Arizona Railway. Our 1932 Santa Maria Valley Railway railbus was on display in the roundhouse.

The California State Railroad Museum organized the event.

Rich Borstadt assists visitors to the SDRM booth.	Tony Neece prepares handout material in the SDRM booth.	Ansara Gilbert with the route map which shows where the SD&A runs in Mexico.
SDRM member Mark Henderson and Sumpter Valley's Heisler.	The Talgo passenger train has these "fins" which rise to the locomotive.	Sumpter Valley's Heisler #3 on the museum turntable.
DASH9-44CW was delivered to BNSF on 5-7-99	Lots of folks came up to visit the cab of BNSF #4419	Union Pacific 4-8-4 #844
Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 #3985	Santa Fe #3751 and SP #4449	Southern Pacific 4-6-2 #2467
Thomas the Tank Engine and two admirers.	There were many small and large logging locomotives on display.	Ted Benson and Richard Steinheimer autographed their new book.
Shirley Burman is a photographer and author, and is married to Steinheimer.	Mae West and W.C. Fields.	Teddy Roosevelt gave a speech.
The "De Arend" is a replica of an 1830's Belgian 6'2" gauge locomotive.	This is a replica of the 1830 locomotive "Best Friend".	.

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