| Not far from the Amtrak station in San Luis Obispo is a railroad museum, The museum owns several pieces of local railroad equpment, including this Plymouth switcher. The unit was built in April 1941 for the US Amry, who assigned the engine to switching duties at Camp Roberts, about 14 miles north of Paso Robles. After World War II, the unit was sold as surplus to a construction firm in Sacramento in late 1948, leaving in 1952 for a quarry in Shingle Springs. After changing owners several more times, the unit came to SLO in September 2018, where it currently resides. |