No. 14 heads west out of Piru in April 2016.
Luke Renish
FILLMORE, Calif. – A one-year-long effort by California’s Fillmore & Western Railway has culminated in the completion of the new 45-foot Hunn Creek Bridge in Santa Paula and the reconnection of the railroad with the Union Pacific and the outside world. A number of grade crossings were upgraded as well. The previous out-of-service wood bridge was too far gone to be rebuilt.
The bridge is scheduled to officially return service Wednesday and is of a steel deck design.
The railroad is celebrating with three special steam-powered excursions Sept. 1-2 Power is slated to be 2-8-0 No. 14, a 1913 Baldwin, towing a three-car heavyweight consist. The approximately one-hour runs will operate from Santa Paula to the outskirts of Saticoy,just outside the city of Ventura, departing at 10 a.m., noon, and 2 p.m. Tickets are $26 for adults, and $16 for riders 2-16 years of age.
The Fillmore & Western, known for its movie, television, and commercial work, actively operates passenger excursions, dinner trains, holiday trains, and other specialty trains. Trains Magazine highlighted the railroad in the May 2013 issue.
For more information on railroad operations, go to www.fwry.com.
