Barstow, CA Harvey House Train Station
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The Harvey House Railroad Depot, originally known as the Casa del Desierto, is a former Fred Harvey Harvey House located in Barstow, in the Mojave Desert within San Bernardino County, California, United States. Casa del Desierto now functions as an unstaffed Amtrak passenger station as well as housing Barstow city offices and two museums. It is now often referred to as the Barstow Amtrak Station.
The Casa del Desierto station and hotel was built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and replaced an earlier one built in 1885 that burned in 1908. It was designed by renowned Fred Harvey Company architect Mary Colter in a synthesis of Spanish Renaissance and Classical Revival architecture styles. The historic structure is an elegant presence in the Mojave Desert beside the intermittent Mojave River. Santa Fe then closed the station in 1973. Casa del Desierto was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The site was then designated as a California Historical Landmark in 1976.
The City of Barstow obtained the station in 1990 and moved several city offices into the building. The Barstow Area Chamber of Commerce operates out of Barstow Harvey House. Other public institutions located here are the Western America Railroad Museum on the east side and the Barstow Route 66 Mother Road Museum on the north side.
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Barstow, California USA - Virtual Railfan LIVE
Actual Start Date: August 28, 2018
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This pair of cameras is located at the historic Barstow Harvey House, home of the Western America Railroad Museum and much more:
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Barstow is located on BNSF Railway's Southern Transcon, the former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF) mainline between Chicago and Los Angeles.
Barstow is fairly busy, both with BNSF traffic on their Southern Transcon, plus traffic of the Union Pacific Railroad (UP). This is where BNSF's Needles Sub from the east becomes the Cajon Sub to the west.
The UP's Los Angeles Sub (the former Los Angeles & Salt Lake [LA&SL]) ties into the BNSF ex-Santa Fe east of Barstow at Daggett.
West of Barstow at Valley Junction, BNSF's Mojave Sub diverges towards Tehachapi Pass, and is another former Santa Fe route, that also sees a good deal of UP traffic.
The (default) east camera looks towards the crossovers (switches) at control point (CP) Barstow, which is a light-on-approach CP, i.e., the signals are dark until a train is within the adjacent/approach signal block(s).
There is an ATCS layout available, but with little to no server (data) coverage.
There is a radio stream available, focused on the line to the west (Hesperia/Upper Cajon):
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Amtrak’s Southwest Chief stops in Barstow (BAR) twice daily: the eastbound #4 at 9:41 PM, and the westbound #3 at 3:45 AM (Pacific time zone).
The concrete pads you see are from when there were more platform tracks here at the station (Harvey House).
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Barstow Harvey House - Barstow, CA - Railfanning
Also known as Harvey House Railroad Depot and Barstow station, this historic building houses several museums and exhibits. This is a great stop to see several different displays at once. A stop on the Amtrak line it houses the Western America Railroad Museum, the Route 66 Mother Road Museum and currently (through March 30, 2017) the NOAA Science on a Sphere exhibit.
History and science come together at the Barstow Harvey House.
If you're into rail travel, this is a place where you could sit and watch trains all-day-long.
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California, United States - August 2018: Barstow town on Route 66 road Main Street. Barstow is an important crossroads between Los Angels and Las Vegas. Vintage classic cars Cadillac Ford and Dodge. Barstow Harvey House or Harvey House Railroad Depot and Barstow Station, historic building that served as Hotel and Santa Fe Railroad depot.
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California Inn Barstow, Barstow Hotels - California
California Inn Barstow 3 Stars Barstow, California Within US Travel Directory One of our top picks in Barstow. Located in Barstow, California Within US Travel Directory , this motel is 16.1 km from the historic Calico Ghost Town. It features an outdoor swimming pool, serves a daily deluxe breakfast and has guest rooms with free Wi-Fi.
Guest rooms at the California Inn Barstow feature cable TV with HBO film channels and tea and coffee-making facilities. A microwave and mini fridge are also included.
A gym with cardio and weight training equipment and a business centre are available at the Barstow California Inn. A guest launderette is also located on site.
The Harvey House Museum and the Rail Road Museum are 5 minutes’ drive away from this motel.
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Barstow’s Western America Railroad Museum
I you are interested in trains than I have a very interesting museum for you.
I recently visited Western America Railroad museum and I wasn’t expecting to much.
I got out of there with utter amazement.
The railroad museum is located in Barstow in the old Historic Harvey House.
On our trip to see the whole Route 66 on our luxurious Lexus we purchased with the assistance of a guide that was recommended to me by a friend.
We looked at what all of the fuse was in traveling this path.
As I drove in comfort I just was extremely thankful for the ideal to get on the internet go to and download the guide that gave me the ability to drive in an affordable car that I have been dreaming of getting for a very long time.
There are many different museums that you could go to on the way to the Railroad Museum, we just decided that the whole family would have lots of fun if we visited the railroad museum first.
We basically finished looking at the whole museum in about two hours.
I thought that was a healthy amount of time to be in a museum.
The museum is laced with old trains that you could explore and pretend you are one of the conductors.
If railroading is your passion, than this is the place where you need to be.
You get to see all of the trains inside and out and you get to learn wonderful history lessons from each train car you go to.I think the best part of it all was that the museum was free.
Yes, people I am a bit cheap.
They do ask for donations, but of course it is not mandatory.
Go ahead and have the time of your life.
Visit the Western America Railroad Museum.
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