I boarded the train and walked out to the open car behind the steam engine, taking the seat right behind it to hear and feel the power of this wonderful machine.
Fillmore & Western GP35 3502, ex. Arizona Central 3502, exx. Conrail 2339, exxx. Penn Central 2339, nee Pennsylvania Railroad 2339, built by Electro-Motive Division in 1965.
Salt Lake Garfield and Western S-6 DS4.
Fillmore and Western RS-32 4009, ex. Chrome Locomotive 4005, exx. Southern Pacific 4009, nee Southern Pacific 7309 built by American Locomotive Company in 1962.
Amtrak coach/dormitory car 39923, nee Santa Fe 549 built by Budd Company in 1963.
Chesapeake and Ohio dome 1851, ex. Amtrak 9201 1971, exx. Hamburg Industries 1970, exxx. Seaboard Coast Line 6801 1969, exxxx. Seaboard Coast Line (lease 1968), exxxxx. Canadian National 648 (lease 1966-1968 for Expo '67), exxxxxx. Atlantic Coast Line lease 1965-1966 for Richmond-Miamia "Florida Special", exxxxxxx. Baltimore and Ohio 7601 "Starlght Dome" 1950, nee Chesapeake and Ohio 5-1-3 dome car 1851 "Chamberlin Dome" built by Budd Company in 1948.
It was retired in 1981 after fire damage then purchased by American GK/Paul McKeehan in 1984 and rebuilt with end windows on the non-vestibule end, as well as wrap-around fluting and named "Starlight Romance". It was moved in early 2006 to storage in Saugus.
D.A. Wilkinson 7-2 sleeper 76, ex. Short Line Enterprises 76 1991, exx. Royal American Shows 76, exxx. Santa Fe "Raton" built by Pullman in 1913.
Ventura County S-6 11.
The train passed Bell station.
Approaching the fake tunnel.
Exiting the tunnel.
Crossing California Highway 126.
The photographers were out this morning.
Proceeding towards our turn-back location at Fillmore Fish Hatchery Road.
Looking back towards Fillmore. It was announced that our photo runby location would be the fake tunnel and we should be careful of the mud. The location I would have used was a levee which was dry and the photo line would have been out on it and the sun's angle would have been perfect with the mountains behind. We left Fillmore Fish Hatchery Road and returned through the tunnel, where we all detrained.
The reverse move.
The photo runby.
We reboarded the train and headed back into Fillmore.
I met a father and son on the return trip.
The Santa Paula train was almost ready to depart as we returned and I detrained a happy railfan.
Fillmore and Western 2-8-0 14, nee Duluth and Northeastern 14, built by Baldwin in 1913.
The Santa Paula train departed and I called Let's Talk Trains before I driving to Travel Town.
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