Orange Empire Railway Museum, Railway museum in Perris, United States.

The Southern California Railway Museum, formerly the Orange Empire Railway Museum, occupies the former Pinacate Station in Perris. Its collection covers Southern California railroad history, with the world's largest holding of Pacific Electric Railway rolling stock. A half-mile dual-gauge loop and a 1.5-mile standard-gauge mainline once part of the California Southern Railroad carry weekend rides.

The museum was founded in 1956 at Griffith Park in Los Angeles and moved to the former Pinacate Station in Perris in 1958 as the Orange Empire Trolley Museum. It took the name Orange Empire Railway Museum in 1975 after merging with the California Southern Railroad Museum, and adopted its current name in 2019.

The place tells the story of rail travel through vehicles visitors can touch and experience firsthand. You can sit inside original streetcars and trains to understand how people moved around in earlier times.

The museum sits on a large property that you can explore on foot, with plenty of parking for visitors. Many vehicles are walkable inside, and there are both free areas and paid rides on operating trains.

The museum holds the world's largest collection of Pacific Electric Railway vehicles, many of which were rescued from being scrapped in the 1960s. This rescue effort made the difference between loss and preservation for many important historical vehicles.