Fillmore and Western Railway - Current Equipment

Current Equipment

The roster of the F&W includes two GP35s, a GP30 and two F7s from General Motors Electromotive Division and an S6 and RS32 from ALCO. The railroad also owns numerous coaches, freight cars, cabooses and excursion cars. The F&W roster also includes an Ex-Duluth and Northeastern Baldwin #14 2-8-0 Consolidation steam locomotive. Also in operation is an 0-4-0 Porter tank engine, the Sespe.

The rail yard is located adjacent to the restored city hall in downtown Fillmore and is part of the revitalized section of the city rebuilt after the extensive damage caused by the 1994 Northridge earthquake that brought down the facades of many nearby businesses. A vintage 1906 80-ton turntable bridge originally installed in Capreol, Ontario, was purchased from the Canadian National Railway by the Santa Clara River Valley Rilroad Historical Society (SCRVRHS) and was installed in a newly constructed pit on February 7, 2007. The RR turntable allowes not only turning of locomotives and cars but also access to planned facilities on tracks in the narrow yard area. This area is planned to be the center of a proposed railway heritage park complex that will also feature a roundhouse and a Railroad Interpretive Center Museum.

• Fillmore & Western Railway Railroad Days Festival, March 2004.

• Day Out with Thomas, April 2006. Thomas is non-powered. Food, shopping and games are to the left.

• The Thomas the Tank Engine train is actually powered by a diesel at the other end in a push-pull operation down the F&W branch line towards Piru.

• Fillmore and Western Railway tracks. The ex-Canadian turntable is being installed just on the other side of the buildings on the left of the photograph.

• Inverted SCRVRHS RR turntable bridge.

• The incomplete SCRVRHS RR turntable pit under construction, 31 December 2006. Note the turntable bridge in the background to the right of the truck. This photo is from nearly the reverse angle to the photograph of the bridge above.