Santa Susana Depot
Built in 1903 by the Southern Pacific Railroad, the Santa Susana Depot served the community of Rancho Simi as a passenger station, telegraph office and freight depot where farmers could deliver crops for shipping and pick up farming equipment. Plans and construction for the building were based on Southern Pacific Railroad standard design Two Story Combination Depot #22. Due to decreasing passenger traffic and changes in freight shipments, Southern Pacific closed the station in the early 1970s. The County of Ventura purchased the depot from the railroad and in May 1975 the building was divided into three parts and moved just a few miles to county property next to the same railroad right of way it once served. Today the Depot is the home of the Rancho Simi Foundation and the Santa Susana Pacific Model Railroad Club. It is a County of Ventura Landmark.
Simi Valley, Ventura County
Photographer: Andrew Schmidt