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Steam locomotives are being readied for their daily duties at the San Jose Southern Pacific roundhouse. Engines leave the roundhouse, move on to the turntable and are positioned to the desired track. Firemen firing up the locomotives, engineers check the gear, locomotives are being moved, tanks take water in. Locomotives move along, leave or enter the yard. Passenger and freight trains leave or pass the yard. Lots of action, surrounding scenery and buildings. No less than 30+ steam locomotives are present on the yard, both switchers and cab forwards. Identified steam locomotives 2847, 2826, 2777, 2781, 2713, 4105, 2410, 2487, 4109, 2474, 1287, 1773, 4435 The fifteen stall Lenzen Roundhouse was originally built in 1899 to serve the standard gauge San Jose-San Francisco rail commuter line and the narrow gauge South Pacific Coast Railroad replacing two existing structures for those lines. The South Pacific Coast operated from Alameda, down the East Bay marshlands to San Jose than over the mountains above Los Gatos on the way to Santa Cruz. Although the two railroads operated independently, both were early segments of Southern Pacific Railroad ownership. This roundhouse is unique because it was one of the few such structures built to serve two different gauged locomotives. The narrow gauge line was converted to standard gauge by 1909. The Lenzen facility would hold importance to local railroad operations for the next fifty years. During this time, steam locomotives assigned to the Roundhouse supported the commuter operation and the freight transportation requirements of the community's food processing industry. During the steam era a large number of employees worked out of the San Jose Roundhouse. In addition to locomotive engineers and firemen reporting for commute trains, switchers and local freights, a large number of boiler makers, machinists, laborers, herders and hostlers all worked under the direction of a roundhouse foreman. Many of the engine crews and roundhouse workers lived nearby in the area around Stockton Avenue and the railroad tracks which were within ear shot of the steam whistles and an easy walk to work at the roundhouse. The roundhouse force worked 24-hours a day servicing the large number of steam locomotives assigned to San Jose. After the second World War, many railroads including Southern Pacific, began purchasing new diesel powered locomotives to replace aging steam locomotives. A major factor toward this decision was reduced maintenance labor requirements of diesel locomotives. Subsequently, many locomotive facilities were either reduced in size or eliminated. In 1959, the Lenzen Roundhouse was reduced from fifteen stalls to a six stall configuration as the facility remained a necessity to support diesel locomotives used in both commute and freight service. As local food processing customers left the region, the number of diesel locomotives serviced at the San Jose Roundhouse were reduced. In addition, the railroad change its operating divisions as trains that once changed crews and locomotives in San Jose, began to literally pass thru, thereby reducing the number of locomotives maintained at the Lenzen facility. Despite these changes, the San Jose Roundhouse remained an integral component of local rail operation. Although the peninsula commute line was purchased by the local Joint Powers Agency in 1982, the Lenzen facility continued to service locomotives. Because of un-reinforced masonry codes enacted after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the roundhouse structure was determined to be unsafe and scheduled for demolition. The remaining locomotive servicing was moved to nearby locations. Preservation of the structure thereby became the focus of California Trolley and Railroad Corporation and other local interests. Recognizing the importance of this historic structure to its community, the Southern Pacific Railroad donated the building and turntable to Santa Clara County in 1994 for inclusion in a railroad museum. In 2000, the roundhouse was disassembled, palletized and moved to the county fairgrounds. Continue reading here http://ctrc.org/index.php?option=com_... TIME STAMP 1956-57 ABOUT THE LOCATION AND THE PLANS FOR A MUSEUM Not only steam trains are long gone, much of the yard seen in this video has been cleared as well. A preservation group is still looking for a place to locate and set up a museum where the roundhouse could be rebuild. The preservation group should have a look at this great example, right here in my own home town .... http://stoomtram.nl/en