Juan Perez: With 91. 9 KVCR News, I’m Juan Perez. Sited in the City of Perris is the Southern California Railway Museum, which is full of knowledge of California’s railway system that dates back to the 19th century. I had the opportunity to interview one of the many managers of the museum, Sarah Harty.
Sarah Hardy: My name is Sarah Hardy. I am the division manager for visitor experience with the Southern California Railway Museum. The main goal of the railway museum is to preserve rail history for future generations. The museum was founded in 1958 by 14 young men who were big rail fans, and they saw all of the street cars in Los Angeles starting to be retired, and they felt a call to action to preserve these so they started collecting them on their own and then incorporated as a nonprofit on June 10, 1956 I believe, and their goal has just been to save streetcars from being scrapped, restoring rail cars back to their former glory, and being able to operate them is a huge part of our mission as well, to be able to share that with the general public.
Juan Perez: One of the main ways the museum shares its history is with what seems to be endless amounts of activities for families to take part in. I enjoyed watching the many trains go by and learning all about their background as well as exploring their collection of train cars…