It would figure that a restaurant that inhabits an old train station should own the finest collection of vintage railroad cabooses in Southern California.
Located right off the Sierra Highway (California Highway 14) in Acton is the Vincent Hill Station a fine dining establishment that features live music and dancing. Oddly enough it was the food that lured me off the desert highway, but their collection of cabooses which are easily seen from the road.
All the old regional railroads are on display here. There are Southern Pacific bay window models alongside examples from both the Santa Fe and Union Pacific. These railroads once ran all over the Antelope Valley. The Southern Pacific's route between San Francisco and Los Angeles had to detour away from the coast in order to to avoid the mountains. Likewise the Santa Fe and Union Pacific travel through this area in order to reach California's central farmland. It's an area rich with railroad history.
If I can confess a secret, I did notice the Vincent Hill Station on the property but I only stopped here to see the cabooses. I just looked up the restaurant online and I now wish that I taken the wife there for diner. It looks like a great place to eat.
If your a railroad buff like me you will love these photos:
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