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The San Bernardino Santa Fe Depot (Metrolink designation San Bernardino–Depot) is a Mission Revival Style passenger rail terminal in San Bernardino, California, United States. It has been the primary station for the city, serving Amtrak today, and the Santa Fe and Union Pacific Railroads in the past. Until the mid-20th century, the Southern ...
- W.A. Mohr; Cresmer Manufacturing Co.
- 1170 West Third Street, San Bernardino, California, United States
- July 15, 1918; 105 years ago
Construction soon began on a new $800,000 depot featuring mission-style architecture with domes, towers, and a tile roof. Opening on July 15, 1918, the new depot would be a "monument to the Santa Fe and the town the railroad built." The San Bernardino Daily Sun declared, "santa Fe's new station to be the finest in the West."
The first permanent depot was a wooden structure built in 1886. It was destroyed by fire at 11:00 P.M. on November 16,1916. (Courtesy of the San Bernardino Historical and Pioneer Society) The New (1918) Santa Fe Depot. Construction soon began on a new $800,000 depot featuring mission-style architecture with domes, towers, and a tile roof.
Sep 29, 2023 · The 1918 Santa Fe Depot in San Bernardino today. In the 1920s, the San Bernardino depot served as a stop for the Santa Fe’s “Chief” passenger train – which was a luxury streamliner that ran from Los Angeles to Chicago.
The Museum is located in the restored 1918 Santa Fe Depot that serves Amtrak and Metrolink passengers and is across the tracks from the BNSF intermodal facility. Over 100 freight trains pass by the depot each day. Recreation of a 1910 Railroad Station. 1899 Locomobile (First Car in San Bernardino) Velocipede (19th Century Railroad Vehicle ...
The San Bernardino Santa Fe Depot is a Mission Revival Style passenger rail terminal in San Bernardino, California, United States. It has been the primary station for the city, serving Amtrak today, and the Santa Fe and Union Pacific Railroads in the past. Until the mid-20th century, the Southern Pacific Railroad had a station 3/4 of a mile away.
The Smokestack and the Depot are the most prominent and only structures that remain after Santa Fe's 100 plus years in San Bernardino. Immediately to the north of the Smokestack is an 80 foot tall steel pipe topped with the steam Whistle that was installed on the Power Plant.
