Fillmore Railfest, March 29, 2009 |
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Updated may 10:A visit to the Filmore Depot on May 10 found EMD GP35 #3501 preparing to pull a passenger train from the station.
Fillmore and Western Railroad EMD GP35 #3501 idles alongside the Fillmore Depot.
GP35 #3501
GP35 #3501
Fillmore Depot
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.
Sespe #1 0-4-0 on the Canadian turntable.
Speeder rides were popular with the crowd.
Sespe #1 0-4-0 backing off the turntable.
Metrolink MotivePower MPXpress #897
Speeder
Sespe #1 0-4-0
Sespe #1 0-4-0
Miniature live steam Eureka KT 2-4-0
Fillmore & Western EMD F7 #101 on the east end of the excursion train after returning from Santa Paula.
Fillmore & Western EMD F7 #100 and #101 move to the west end of the train to pull it to Santa Paula on another excursion.
Fillmore & Western EMD F7 #101 and Metrolink MotivePower MPXpress #897.
Sespe #1 0-4-0 waits on a siding as Fillmore & Western EMD F7 #100 and #101 pull the excursion train out of the station.
Fillmore & Western EMD F7 #100 and Sespe #1 0-4-0
Fillmore & Western EMD F7 #100 and #101
Fillmore & Western EMD F7 #101 and #100
Sespe #1 0-4-0 blows off excess steam pressure while waiting to make a run.
Sespe #1 0-4-0 follows the excursion train out of the station.
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Eureka Skunk Train Baldwin 2-8-2 #45,
Fillmore & Western Sespe 0-4-0 #1,
Fillmore & Western 2-8-0 #51,
Durango-Silverton Narrow-gauge K-28 2-8-2 #478,
Sierra Lima Shay No 2,
Santa Fe Baldwin Northern 4-8-4 #3751,
Union Pacific American Challenger 4-6-6-4 #3985,
Grand Canyon Baldwin Mikado 2-8-2 #4960.
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