The passenger coach cars and dining cars are from the 1930s and 1940s, truly a step back in time for all who venture onboard. The april 4, 2020 western railroad museum excursion and barbeque has been postponed. Download two 2 general release forms, completing one for the nevada northern. Purchase tickets to the fillmore and western railway. President dave wilkinson poses in front of a steam locomotive at the fillmore rail yard in august. Document description the 15,572squarefoot project site assessors block 2088, lot 088 is located in the western addition neighborhood at the northwest corner of fillmore and fell streets on a block bounded by fell street to the north, webster street to the east, oak street to the south and fillmore street to the west see figure 1. The fillmore and western was hosting a rail festival over the july 4th weekend with bruce fenton and i deciding to attend. Wishing you every happiness this holiday season and prosperity in the new year. Fwry fillmore western railway company locomotive roster. This video features three different excursion trains that were run on the fillmore and western railroad in between santa paula, ca and. All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. We drove up to fillmore found a place to park and started our visit. Judge roy bean, 26 men, stories of the century, the cisco kid, shotgun slade, tate, cowboy g men, frontier. The visiting info shown below, if any, is always subject to change.
The alco s6 was the sixth model of switcher series the company produced and debuted in 1955 and built until 1960. The company operates on track owned by the ventura county transportation commission. Fillmore western railway company photographic roster. The ventura county superior courts appellate division ruled friday that superior court judge rebecca riley did not have the jurisdiction to grant the eviction, known in legal terms as an unlawful detainer, at the request of the ventura county transportation commission last year. Fillmore is in the heart of the heritage valley, where travelers find themselves steeped in the history.
Additional information is available at or by contacting greg weber at 402 72873. Complimentary tastings of 3 wines available on saturday weekend scenic. For old train buffs this is a great way to end your day in santa paula. There are a few places they call museums, but they arent much bigger than a walk in closet, but on the positive, you can learn some interesting facts and if youre with someone. It was time for fillmore and western s annual railfest so we made a return trip back to fillmore, ca. South western railway plans to reconvert isolation coaches. Wonderful shows like gunsmoke, have gun will travel, the roy rogers show, the adventures of kit carson, the lone ranger, bonanza, the rifleman, wild wild west, the adventures of jim bowie, annie oakley, the range rider, buffalo bill jr. Zombie hunter train haunted train ride ventura county. Reporter val zavala climbs onboard and steps back in time to enjoy the classic charm of a 19 steam powered train. Robin bowers had never been to fillmore and the weekend of limited train service to the south of santa ana, decided we would go since it was fillmore railfest and they would be running their steam engine. Fillmore and western railway is a very old and quaint little place. Passengers will ride a vintage train to buffalo country, where they will go paintball hunting for buffalo targets.
Santa clara river valley railroad historical society. The excanadian turntable is being installed just on the other side of the buildings on the left of the photograph. Featuring a variety of holiday trains, scenic trains, murder mystery trains, and more. The operating collection of railroad equipment and various sites have been featured in numerous cinematic presentations. Join us for our first episode highlighting fillmores pride and joy. Please check the facilitys website for the latest information before making a trip. President dave wilkinson talks to crew members of m. The rolling stock and rightofway are frequently used for the.
Trains and railroads featured include amtrak, coaster, bnsf, union pacific, metrolink, caltrain, ace, pacific sun, fillmore and western, skunk train, california state railroad museum, niles canyon railway, orange empire railway museum, and many more. It is currently the railroads only operational steam locomotive. After turning 320 passenger coaches into isolation wards to house suspected covid19 patients, south western railway is now planning to reconvert them. The historic trains of fillmore and western are located in equally historic downtown fillmore, california. This friday, we take a nonnarrated ride aboard the fillmore and western railway from fillmore, california to santa paula and return. We look forward to continuing our relationship in the coming year. Only two other exsp rs32s were known to exist in mid 1990. Fillmore and western railway in fillmore, ca whistletix. There are a few places they call museums, but they arent much bigger than a walk in closet, but on the positive, you can learn some interesting facts and if youre with someone that has a problem with walking. Fillmore is in the heart of the heritage valley, where travelers find themselves steeped in the history of local farming families and rich in. Western railways is the name of the channel which represents the zone of the native place of the uploader. Originally built by the baldwin locomotive works in 19.
Embark on a slow paced, scenic filled adventure as you travel over the sespe. View more property details, sales history and zestimate data on zillow. The 1920sera business district greets visitors as they turn off of rural highway 126. The railway has been featured in over 300 television shows and movies including criminal minds, csi, seabiscuit and water for elephants. Fillmore western railway co was founded in 1995, and is located at 2022 e 7th st in fremont. The fillmore and western railroad is part of a company called short line enterprises which was founded in. Fillmore western railway co fremont, ne business information. Follow us facebook twitter youtube instagram reddit linkedin. A trip to the fillmore and western railroad by chris guenzler. The fillmore and western railway reporting mark fwry is a railroad owned by the fillmore and western railway company.
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