Looking for ways to continue railroad operations despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Fillmore & Western Railway has looked to a new source of revenue in 2020 - storing railcars. These movements pro... (more)

Ex-Chicago & Northwestern No. 4068A, built in March of 1949, still looks good after 71 years of revenue service that has now landed it with the Fillmore & Western Railway as FWRY No. 100. Having j... (more)

Nothing unusual to see here, just an F7(A) on a revenue freight train in 2020 in California, shoving LPG cars for storage between Fillmore and Piru on what was once the mainline of the Southern Pa... (more)

The 2019 edition of the Fillmore & Western's Firecracker Train eases its way west out of town and through the fertile, green-filled Santa Paula Valley.

Taking In Her 70th July 4th. As the sky above lights up, Fillmore & Western Railway F7A No. 100 rests below as the veteran locomotive takes in its 70th Independence Day. Built in 1949 for t... (more)

Trundling along at a consistent speed of roughly 5 miles-per-hour, the Fillmore & Western's 2019 Firecracker Train heads east through Sespe. The slow speed comes at the order of the dining car sta... (more)

Leaving the town of Fillmore behind in the beautiful evening light, FWRY 100 belches a brief cloud of smoke as it leads the 2018 edition of the "Firecracker Train" over the Santa Clarita... (more)

On a warm Independence Day evening, the Fillmore & Western Railway's nine-car Firecracker Train (making this the largest July 4th train the railway has operated to date) heads west toward the High... (more)

The City of Fillmore's 2018 Independence Day fireworks display is in full effect as the Fillmore & Western Railway's "Firecracker Train" sits nearby with lucky passengers onboard enjoyin... (more)

Bringing up the rear of this afternoon's Murder Mystery Lunch Train, FWRY 100 crosses an original Southern Pacific bridge on its way to Piru before it leads the return trip back to Fillmore.

Making its final approach to the Loose Caboose Christmas Tree Farm, FWRY 100 looks sharp in the mid-afternoon light as it leads the westbound 2PM train toward its destination. Once there, passenge... (more)

Crossing the 1902-built steel truss that spans part of the Santa Clarita riverbed, FWRY 100 leads the 2PM edition of the Christmas Tree Train west out of Fillmore with a final destination at the L... (more)

The Battle Rages On - Thomas Fire, Day 6. As the Fillmore & Western Railway's first westbound train since the start of the now 155,000-acre Thomas Fire trundles along as part of the 10AM C... (more)

With the afternoon lunch train a success, the F-unit sandwiched train pauses in Fillmore as the crew prepares for the evening's run of the dinner train.

As the sun quickly heads for the horizon to bring another short, December day to a close, FWRY 100 leads the afternoon's run of the "Murder Mystery" lunch train back to Fillmore as it pa... (more)