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Vintage Locomotives and Rail Cars

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Fillmore Railfest, March 29, 2009 Fillmore hosted Railfest 2009 over the weekend of March 28 - 29. The Sespe #1 0-4-0 steam engine was running on live steam for the first time in years. A pair of EMG F7 diesels pulled an excursion train on runs to Santa Paula. A Metrolink train pulled by a MotivePower MPXpress locomotive was on display. They demonstrated the operation of the Canadian turntable. A miniature live steam 2-4-0 locomotive made runs along a short stretch of scale tracki.

Vintage Rail Cars on the Amtrak Coast Starlight On Saturday, January 31, 2009, the Amtrak Coast Starlight was pulling a pair of vintage streamliner cars: the Southern Pacific Overland Trail and the Boston and Maine Salisbury Beach.

Union Pacific Challenger 3985, August 20, 2000 On August 20, 2000, I chased the Union Pacific Challenger No. 3985 from Pomona to Yermo, California.

Santa Fe 3751 run from Los Angeles to San Bernardino, June 12, 2004 Santa Fe steam locomotive 3751 made an unassisted run from Union Station to San Bernardino to be displayed at the rededication of the depot.

Steam Locomotives I have photographed a number of other steam locomotives over the years.

Links

Santa Clara River Valley Railroad Historical Society

Fillmore & Western Railway

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