Fillmore and Western Railway
The Fillmore and Western Railway was a heritage railway which operated on track owned by the Ventura County Transportation Commission. 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.Photo: Yellowute, Public domain.
- Type: Museum
- Description: heritage railroad in Ventura County, California, USA
- Also known as: “Fillmore and Western Railway Museum” and “FWRY”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fillmore Towne Theatre and Fillmore High School.
Fillmore Towne Theatre
Theater building
Fillmore Towne Theatre is a former vaudeville and movie theater in Fillmore, California and is a landmark in downtown. Built in 1916, the single-screen theater showed silent films. Fillmore Towne Theatre is situated 1,200 feet west of Fillmore and Western Railway.
Fillmore High School
School
Photo: Jacobzellmer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fillmore High School is a public comprehensive high school serving grades 9–12 in Fillmore, California, United States that opened in 1912. It is one of two high schools in the Fillmore Unified School District, the other being Sierra High School, a continuation school. Fillmore High School is situated 2,900 feet northwest of Fillmore and Western Railway.
Bardsdale United Methodist Church
Church
Photo: Ppelleti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bardsdale United Methodist Church is a historic church located at 1498 Bardsdale Avenue in the unincorporated community of Bardsdale, California, in Ventura County. Bardsdale United Methodist Church is situated 2½ miles southwest of Fillmore and Western Railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fillmore and Bardsdale.
Fillmore
Photo: Dicklyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fillmore is a small town in Ventura County in California. It is primarily an agricultural area, although it does have a historic downtown that dates back to the late 1800s when the Southern Pacific railroad built a line through the town.
Bardsdale
Hamlet
Bardsdale is a rural unincorporated community and populated place in Ventura County, California. It is located in the orange blossom and agricultural belt of the Santa Clara River Valley, south of the Santa Clara River and on the north slope of South Mountain. Bardsdale is situated 2½ miles southwest of Fillmore and Western Railway.
Santa Clara Valley
Photo: Chevy111, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Santa Clara Valley is a rural, mainly agricultural, valley in Ventura County. Santa Clara Valley was known as "the Valley of Heart's Delight" for its high concentration of orchards, flowering trees and plants.
Fillmore and Western Railway
- Categories: railway museum, heritage railway, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Ventura County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.39896° or 34° 23′ 56″ northLongitude
-118.90961° or 118° 54′ 35″ westOpen location code
856393XR+H5OpenStreetMap ID
way 275404820OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q5448874
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