Visiting... with Huell Howser Lucky Baldwin Railcar (1993–2011) Online

Visiting... with Huell Howser Lucky Baldwin Railcar (1993–2011) Online

Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin was one of the great characters of Southern California history during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was a pioneer and real estate tycoon who owned the land that would become Arcadia, Monrovia, and Baldwin Hills. Upon his death in 1909 his vast wealth was willed to his two daughters. One of the first purchases indulged in by eldest daughter Clara Baldwin Stocker, who was 65 at the time, was a specially commissioned 1912 Pullman Palace Car custom-built for her in Chicago, Illinois. She named it "California" and it was assigned Santa Fe #100. Huell visits the new Nethercutt Museum building (opened June, 2000) in Sylmar where this beautiful railcar can now be seen on free tours. After a brief look at some of the museum's 100 automobiles, he heads out back for a special personal tour of this lavish railcar. It has been perfectly restored to its original grandeur after it was rescued within a month of it being gutted and turned into a dining car. The ...