FILLMORE, Calif. — Sierra Northern locomotives roll through Fillmore today (Thursday, Jan. 20) on their first day operating on the former Southern Pacific Santa Paula branch in Ventura County. Sierra Northern is the new contract operator on the county-owned line, formerly home of the Fillmore & Western. Sierra Northern want to rehab the line for interchange with Union Pacific, dinner and excursion trains, and to provide shooting locations for TV and movies.
Wait until they file for their rehab work permit, the NIMBY game will simply pass go one more time.