Fillmore & Western Railway Co: Santa Paula Depot
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Explore California - Episode 1: Fillmore & Western Railway
The Intangibles Production Team Hits the Road... Join us for our first episode highlighting Fillmore's pride and joy: the Fillmore and Western Train. Join us as we journey across the Heritage Valley into sunny Santa Paula. We'll introduce you to the people who work on the railway every day... we'll take a peek at the historic train which has had starring roles in numerous TV shows and movies... and we'll also say hello to the on-board stars of the Murder Mystery Dinner Theater as well as the Frontier Gunfighters.
Fillmore & Western Railway Co: North Pole Express
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Short Line Enterprises was founded in 1967. Between 1967 and 1972, the company bought, sold and traded locomotives, passenger cars and freight cars, mostly of 19th century origin. The majority of the equipment was acquired from the property departments of three major movie studios: MGM, Paramount and 20th Century Fox. This activity, combined with Short Line's experience in buying, selling and evaluating railroad equipment led to the company's emergence as one of the foremost appraisers in America of rolling stock and other railroad-related items. It also focused the company on its long-term path of providing movie trains for the film industry.
By 1976, Short's Line's collection of rolling stock was anything but short. The company moved lock stock and locomotive, to the Sierra Railroad in Jamestown, California, which provided a better location for film work. It was also close to Sacramento, where principals of Short Line had been engaged by the California Department of Parks and Recreation to supervise restoration of the extensive and historic collection of the California State Railroad Museum.
Short Line was also retained as the prime contractor by the Nevada State Museum on restoration projects in Carson City. This series of projects ran from 1979 to 1988, and resulted in the restoration of three derelict steam locomotives and seven 19th Century passenger and freight cars.
During this time (1985), Short Line moved its movie operations to the Newhall Ranch, placing it within the Hollywood production zone. Between 1985 and 1990, Short Line was used in over seventy feature films, television series and commercials. No Hollywood railroad location had ever amassed that number of credits in such a brief period of time. The track lease was cancelled in 1990 when the Newhall Land and Farming Company decided to develop the surrounding area in a way, which was incompatible with movie operations.
A search began for a new home for Hollywood's movie trains. All potential sites in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura Counties were explored. The only line that met the specific needs of the film industry was Southern Pacific's Santa Paula Branch in rural Ventura County. The pastoral surroundings of the area also bode suitable for development of a passenger excursion business. The City of Fillmore showed great enthusiasm for the operation of a vintage train in conjunction with the revival of its 1920-era Central Business District. The objective - to create a major visitor destination that features the movie trains, passenger excursions and dinner trains as the master theme for the community redevelopment.
The Movie Trains found a home, and Fillmore became Train Town.
In 1996, Short Line Enterprises became the film division of the Fillmore & Western Railway Company. Operations expanded from movie work and limited passenger trips to regularly scheduled daytime passenger excursions and Saturday Night Dinner Trains.
The antique trains of Fillmore & Western rolled into the 21st. Century as involved as ever in the magic of movies, while the company's passenger excursions, dinner trains, private parties and corporate events provide the means of travel to a bygone era.
Fillmore & Western Railway/Short Line Enterprises History
Fillmore & Western Railway Co: The Spirit of Christmas
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Fillmore and Western Railway: The Movie Train
This Friday, we take a non-narrated ride aboard the Fillmore and Western Railway from Fillmore, California to Santa Paula and return. We then follow one of the railroad's famed Murder Mystery trains as it departs Fillmore and heads west.
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It is called the “Movie Train”, known for the hundreds of film appearances it’s made over the last two decades. Located in the Heritage Valley northwest of Los Angeles, California, the Fillmore and Western Railway operates on a 17-mile long branch line between the towns of Fillmore and Santa Paula. In the past, trains were also operated on the 7-mile line from Fillmore eastward to Piru. Originally built during the early part of the last century by the Southern Pacific Railroad, the line was at one time part of the main railroad route between Los Angeles and San Francisco, California. Today, the tracks only run as far east as Piru, the rest of the rails having been ripped up several decades ago. To the west, the branch line ties in with the Union Pacific Railroad at Montalvo. Running almost every weekend year-round, the Fillmore and Western operates a wide variety of Weekend Scenic Excursions to Santa Paula as well as special event trains.
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Fillmore & Western Railroad Railfest 2019! Part 1
Hey guys! In this video i film the Fillmore & Western Railroad Railfest of 2019! I know my video recording is not that good, i have not railfanned in along time! XD In today's video i'm railfanning the F&W #14 a Baldwin original, 14 is now officially 105 years old and we will be seeing it in full action today! He might be old but it can put on a great show! Please Enjoy! :D
Fillmore & Western Railway
This is Fillmore & Western Railway #14, a Baldwin 2-8-0 steam locomotive, doing a photo run-by at the 2017 Railroad Days Festival in Fillmore, California. If you haven't been to this Festival, go! Best railroad event ever. Much more than just static displays, although there is plenty of that. I think Fillmore continues to exist simply because of the Fillmore & Western Railway
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Fillmore & Western Railway Co: President's Special 2018
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Steam Train Railfest 2019 Fillmore & Western Railroad
On 4-27-2019 Footage of 1913 Steam Train. My wife Gail & I got a ride with this 1913 Steam Train Engine No. 14 at the Fillmore & Western Railroad Railfest 2019. This Steam Locomotive was built in November 1913 by The Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia U.S.A. For scenic tours and information you can check out the website that I listed below for the Fillmore & Western Railway Co.
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Fillmore & Western Train Museum Comes Alive with Richard Senate
Enjoy a trip back in time with Richard Senate, as he interviews the owners & actual crew members of the Fillmore & Western Train Museum in Fillmore, Ca. For more info about preserving your favorite period of history, please visit richardsenate.com. For information about taking a ride on the Fillmore & Western antique steam locomotive, please visit fwry-blog.com
Fillmore & Western Railway Co: Sugar Plum Express!
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Fillmore & Western Railway Co: A Look at Some of Our Vintage Train Cars
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Fillmore & Western Railway Co: Pumpkinliner Haunted House 2018
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FWRY #3501-Fillmore to Santa Paula-Fillmore & Western Railway
FWRY #3501 EMD GP35 leads Easter Saturday Scenic Train - Fillmore to Santa Paula, CA, 04/20/19. Views of Fillmore, Sespe Creek, CA Hwy 126, Norman's Nursery, Santa Paula Creek, Agriculture Museum at Santa Paula, CA. Music: Bumper Tag x John Deley
PumpkinLiner 2018 Raw Footage
The Patch @ Loose Caboose in Santa Paula
Zombie Hunting on the Fillmore & Western Train
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Fillmore and Western Railway Excursion Trains: Steam Locomotive 14, F7A, and more
This video features three different excursion trains that were run on the Fillmore and Western Railroad in between Santa Paula, CA and Fillmore, CA. In the first sequence, recently restored 2-8-0 14 (Ex Duluth and something) departs Santa Paula Station on a very cold January afternoon in 2011. This was the locomotive's Return To Steam Special excursion - one of the locomotive's first public trip after being restored.
Fast forward a few months to late March, 2011. The weather is somewhat warmer now and the signs of spring are apparent in the various forms of plant life. On a special Railfest 2011 excursion, F7A 100 (Ex- CNW) heads west on the outskirts of Fillmore, enroute to Santa Paula. The train is passing through characteristic southern California Orange groves, a once common site throughout this part of the state.
Finally, Ex- Southern Pacific Alco 4009, repainted into the bloody nose paint scheme, leads a regular weekend excursion in August of 2012. This train was supposed to be pulled by the steam locomotive but mechanical issues sidelined the locomotive last minute.
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