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Laws Railroad Museum and Historical Site |
Old number 9 The Slim Princess sits on a few feet of narrow gauge track next to the original train depot. You can spend several hours exploring the buildings which include a general store, Wells Fargo building, bottle house and a miners shack. There are over 20 buildings plus mining and farming equipment on display. Volunteers have finished restoring a 1927 Death Valley self-propelled car and plans are in the works to run track to the town of Bishop and have an operating railway. Take time out on your next trip to the Eastern Sierras and visit this wonderful museum. Open all year 10 AM to 4 PM. Admission is free but any donations are appreciated and go toward upkeep of the site. |
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 Slim Princess Laws Museum |
The
Laws Railroad Museum and Historic Site is located on land donated
to Inyo County and the City of Bishop by the Southern Pacific
Railroad in 1964. The museum is operated by the Bishop Museum
and Historical Society under contract with those two agencies.
The gift deed from the Southern Pacific Company to the county and city reads as follows: "In appreciation of the interest of Inyo County and the City of Bishop in preserving the memory of the Far West's last common carrier narrow gauge railroad, the Keeler Branch, Southern Pacific Company is pleased to donate steam locomotive No. 9 together with other rolling stock, and the Laws Station building and surrounding installations for safekeeping in behalf of generations to come." Laws Railroad Museum is a facinating place to visit while traveling through the Owens Valley. There are hundreds of railroad and mining artifiacts covering the 11 acre historic site. Plan on spending at least a couple of hours exploring the musuem and grounds. |
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museum is located 4 1/2 miles north of Bishop on Silver Canyon
Road, just past the Owens River where U.S. 6 makes a sharp turn
to the north. Prominent signs at the intersection note the location
of the museum. The museum can be contacted by writing to: Bishop
Museum & Historical Society, P.O. Box 363, Bishop CA 93515,
calling 760/873-5950,. GPS coordinates are N37.401, W118.346.
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