Pacific Railroad Society, Inc.

The Pacific Railroad Society needs your help. We are working to save the old Santa Fe Cantilever Signal Bridge that once protected Santa Fe trains running through Glendora and San Dimas. We need your help to finance its salvage and reconstruction.

Santa Fe signal being dismantled in Glendora.

The plan is to erect the signal bridge at the San Dimas Santa Fe Depot at Rhoads Park in downtown San Dimas. Future plans also include acquiring a Santa Fe caboose to be placed underneath.

Artist rendering of completed project.

The signal bridge has been protecting Santa Fe trains since the 1920's. Most all of Santa Fe's most famous trains ran by it, making it a witness to railroad history.

Artist rendering of completed of project, overhead view.

Placing this artifact prominently in the heart of San Dimas will be a tribute to the railroad's influence on the development of San Dimas and all the cities along this historic train route.

Amtrak's "Southwest Ltd." passes under the signal in Glendora, circa 1982.

The Pacific Railroad Society is one of the oldest railroad clubs in the country. We operate a small museum in the historic former Santa Fe railroad station in the City of San Dimas. It contains a railroad research library and an archive of railroad image media from Southern California, dating back to the late 1930s. We also organize railroad-themed excursions using Amtrak, Metrolink, transit and our own private railroad car, the "National Forum." In addition, PRS holds monthly membership meetings, presents public programs, and publishes a monthly railroad newsletter.

New Challenge: The Vitaly Victor Uzoff Negative Collection is in danger of being lost. The collection is beginning to suffer from the dreaded "Vinegar Syndrome." This is an irreversible condition that will cause eventual destruction. We need equipment to conserve the collection until they can be digitized.

The Uzoff collection consists of 4x5 negatives of a wide variety of rare railroad subjects from the Eastern United States and abroad.

Your support will help preserve all the collections and cover the increased operating costs and our library and archive. Please join us in supporting the Pacific Railroad Society.

Thank you!