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A Fillmore and Western Railway excursion operating over the Santa Paula Branch Line in 2014 The Santa Paula Branch Line is a railway corridor in Ventura County, California . It connects Saugus and Santa Paula through the Santa Clara River Valley , though the route east of Piru is out of service.
The Fillmore and Western Railway (reporting mark FWRY) was a heritage railway which operated on track owned by the Ventura County Transportation Commission. [1] Visitors to Fillmore would see filming activity as well as sets and support equipment at the company's rail yard and along the tracks between Santa Paula and Piru.
The station building was built in 1887 [1] as part of the Coast Line and was the first train depot in Ventura County. Passenger services continued until 1934 and freight operations until 1975. It was designated a Ventura County Historic Landmark in 1972. [2] The station currently houses the Santa Paula Chamber of Commerce. [3]
The station was located in Saugus, [a] and opened by the Southern Pacific Railroad on September 1, 1887 when the Santa Paula Branch Line was completed. [1] [2] The station provided an interchange between the railroad's three lines: the Santa Paula on to the Coast Line, the Soledad Canyon line on to Mojave, and the Valley line south to Los Angeles.
The rail line turned here from the north–south alignment to east–west towards Camarillo as they continued building the towards Santa Susana in the Simi Valley. With the completion of the Santa Susana Tunnel connecting the line to Burbank, this became the most direct route between Los Angeles and San Francisco .
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The Santa Paula Branch Line was acquired by the Ventura County Transportation Commission in 1995. [99] The railway, a former portion of the Southern Pacific Coast Line, connects the city of Ventura to Santa Clarita paralleling California State Route 126. Sierra Northern Railway operates the services on the line.
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