History
The F&W is a standard gauge railroad running roughly parallel to State Route 126 in Ventura County, California, on a section of track formerly owned by Southern Pacific Railroad. This line was originally part of the Southern Pacific's main line between San Francisco and Los Angeles before the Montalvo Cutoff was built through the Santa Susana Mountains in 1924. The track was used extensively by Southern Pacific as late as the 1950s to haul citrus from packing houses located in the Santa Clara River Valley. This section is now a branch line, connecting at its west end to the Union Pacific at Montalvo, between the cities of Oxnard and Ventura. Prior to storm damage in 1979, the eastern end of the line connected to Southern Pacific tracks in Santa Clarita. The eastern end of the line now terminates in Piru.
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