Pacific Coast Railroad (tourist)

The Pacific Coast Railroad is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge tourist railroad located at the Santa Margarita Ranch in Santa Margarita, California.

Pacific Coast Railroad

Overview
Headquarters	Santa Margarita Ranch
Locale	Santa Margarita, California, U.S.
Dates of operation	2000–present
Technical
Track gauge	3 ft (914 mm)
Length	3.2 miles (5.1 km)

Established in 2000 and completed in 2004 by San Luis Obispo entrepreneur Rob Rossi, the railroad sees only limited public operation. Phase 1 consisted of a 1.5 mi (2.4 km) loop around the most historic part of the ranch. The railroad currently operates three steam locomotives built between 1897 and 1968, and four of the original Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad Retlaw 1 passenger cars.^[1] One of the locomotives, the No. 2 Roger Linn, was used in the Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman TV show. Other equipment includes an ex-International Railways of Central America caboose, business car Cuscatlan, a ford model A railspeeder, and several ex-Denver & Rio Grande freight cars.

Equipment

Rolling stock of the Pacific Coast Railroad^[2]

No.	Name	Mfr.	Wheel arr.	Year	Status	Notes
1	Caroline	Guiberson-Harpur	4-4-0	1968	Under Restoration	Originally built for AstroWorld in Houston
2	Roger Linn	Vulcan	2-4-0	1922	Operational	Originally built as a quarry engine, served in Lehigh, Illinois until 1960
3	Melodia	H.K. Porter	2-6-2	1897 (1964)	Operational	Originally built as 0-6-2T for Barker & LePine Sugar Cane Co. of LaFourche Crossing, Louisiana; retired 1953 and rebuilt by Crown Metal Products as 2-6-2 in 1964.
102-105	"Retlaw One"	Walt Disney Studios	—	1955	3 Operational 1 Under restoration	Four passenger coaches; retired in the mid-1960s
7		GM	Diesel Electric		Operational	GM 54 ton mill switcher

See also

• List of heritage railroads in the United States
• Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum
• Rail transport in Walt Disney Parks and Resorts