Pentrex used to sell an impressive wide-angle shot taken there, showing several classes of steam and diesel power. Unlike the proposals for Fullerton and San Bernardino, Redondo is a REAL place, where railroading history happened. Santa Fe motive power museum. 3751 was a featured exhibit at the event, and apparently no visitors perished. No doubt there are numerous problems of oil, solvent and caustic pollution in the surrounding soil - but those have to be dealt with even if the building is demolished.
Asbestos is probably present also - again, that has to be removed regardless of what happens.
Interestingly, several pleas for historic photos of Redondo Jct. They truly have brought the past to life. But the big plans for Fullerton and San Bernardino, however noble in intent, draw energy, interest and money away from the one that should be first on the list - Redondo Jct. According to a correspondent who works there, Amtrak's latest plan is said to call for demolition of 11 stalls of the roundhouse to make room for more passenger train servicing tracks - and bids have been taken for the demolition, now scheduled for early April 2000. The rest of the building is supposed to fall later.