Now Under New Ownership. The Santa Maria Valley Railroad's newest locomotive acquisition, No. 3501 (ex-Fillmore & Western), dries off in Fillmore this morning after the most recent round of... (more)

Now Under New Ownership. The Santa Maria Valley Railroad's newest locomotive acquisition, No. 3501 (ex-Fillmore & Western), dries off in Fillmore this morning after the most recent round of... (more)

Andy Wilkinson of the Fillmore & Western Railway rides the point of the shove (while the UP conductor calls out car lengths to the engineer on the other side of the train) as FWRY 3501 is added to... (more)

With their newest acquisition, SBRX 1517, now safely on home rails, today's Fillmore & Western train crew prepares to make some final switch moves before wrapping things up for the day.

Fillmore & Western Railway No. 3501, an ex-Pennsylvania Railroad GP 35, sways to and fro with an accompanying F7 as the two units lead "The Safety Train" east toward the town of Fillmore... (more)

Fillmore & Western Railway GP35 No. 3501, ex-PRR 2262, sways to and fro as it makes a solo run from Fillmore east to Piru. Upon its arrival at the remote, Heritage Valley community that serves as ... (more)

A Strata Dome Heads to its "Doom." Having run light to Piru all the way from Fillmore, the secret mission for the Fillmore & Western's GP35 comes into view as it heads back west with a hist... (more)

FWRY 3501 leads a string of empty LPG tank cars out of the Loose Caboose area east with a final destination of Fillmore.

With some 10 tank cars and a caboose (serving as a buffer car) on the drawbar, Fillmore & Western's motive power for today made up of a GP35 and F7A trundle down the jointed rails of the ex-Southe... (more)

As the rear of its train clears the Highway 126 grade crossing, FWRY 3501 leads a short string of inbound LPG tank cars for storage as it approaches the semaphore signals at the "Loose Caboos... (more)

A Scene From "Old California." A far cry from plying the rails of its first owner, the Pennsylvania Railroad (ex-PRR 2262), this GP35 still earns its keep now on the Fillmore & Western Rail... (more)

GP35 #3501 leading a rare storage move to Cavin

The Union Pacific hands off a train of empty LPG cars for storage to the Fillmore & Western at the eastern end of the Santa Paula team tracks.

FWRY's Extra 3501 with a string of LPG tanks for storage heads over the Sespe Creek bridge. This trackage was once the SP main line.

FWRY's Extra 3501 with a string of LPG tanks for storage is such an unusual move the man on the tractor had no idea to expect a train. Luckily both train speed and his quick thinking kept there fr... (more)