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The Swanton Pacific Railroad Society operated an historic one-third scale, 19 in (483 mm) gauge, railroad at Swanton Pacific Ranch in Davenport, California, 15 miles (24 km) north of Santa Cruz, California. The one-mile (1.6 km)-long railroad lies along the Ocean Shore Railroad right-of-way that was to run from San Francisco to Santa Cruz. The scenic trip, through a valley in the coastal mountains, crosses Scott Creek on the Ed Carnegie Bridge, passes a Christmas tree farm, and ends at a wye where passengers observe railroad operations that turn the locomotive.
Swanton Pacific Railroad (SPRR) equipment and facilities included:
Four steam locomotives and one original passenger car from the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition's Overfair Railway in San Francisco.
Reconstructed cars made of Overfair Railway parts and equipment from the 1975 Calistoga Railroad
GE U25B Diesel locomotive 1:3 replica and cars built in 1963 by the Keystone Light Railway Products Company[1] in Pennsylvania
Roundhouse, turntable, car barn, machine shop, and workshop
Four full-size cabooses, one of which was founder Al Smith's office at Orchard Supply Hardware
California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) projects include a railroad crane, a car for passengers with disabilities, and a train station.
Swanton Pacific's (SP) "Lazy Espee" brand also acknowledges the Southern Pacific Railroad, one of Al Smith's former employers.
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