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A PAIR OF NEWLY-RESTORED SOUTHERN PACIFIC SEMAPHORE SIGNALS were recently installed at Travel Town, courtesy of the Museum's hard-working volunteer team!
The two "Style B" lower-quadrant semaphore signals date from the early 1900s and were originally installed on the Southern Pacific's "Siskiyou Line" in Oregon. This type of mechanical signal was common throughout the United States during the first half of the 20th Century. Today, there are only a few left in regular service. Travel Town now boasts both 'single' and 'double' arm examples of this vintage railroad icon. The signals were donated to the Museum by the Southern Pacific Transportation Co. in the early 1990s and volunteers have been working on the restoration for about a year.
OUR MISSION
The mission of the Foundation is to educate the public about railroad history as it pertains to the development of the Southwest Region of the United States, particularly the Los Angeles area. We fulfill this mission by supporting the restoration, operation, and interpretation of the historic railroad equipment at the City-operated Travel Town Museum in Griffith Park.
The Foundation supports Travel Town by helping the Department of Recreation & Parks to fund and administer the Museum's volunteer programs, restoration projects and educational outreach efforts. Many of the Museum's programs and activities are funded through grants and donations along with proceeds from our Museum Gift Shop.
We hope you will come for a visit and experience all the Park has to offer you and your family. Become a member, volunteer, shop in the Gift Shop, take a Docent Tour, ride the train and, most of all, keep the rails alive! See you soon!
The Travel Museum
Town Foundation is a dba of the American Southwestern Railway Association, Inc.,
a 501(c)(3)
non-profit organization working in partnership with the City of Los Angeles,
Department of Recreation & Parks
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