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News photo: Former Fillmore & Western cars bound for Pennsylvania

By David Lustig | March 23, 2022

| Last updated on March 21, 2024

Everett Railroad purchases two heavyweight passenger cars

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Green heavyweight passenger car being lifted by crane onto flatcar
One of two heavyweight passenger cars bought by the Everett Railroad is loaded onto a flatcar for its trip to Pennsylvania. Matt Blackburn

FILLMORE, Calif. – The dispersal of equipment from Southern California’s defunct Fillmore & Western Railway continues.

Two heavyweight passenger cars from the railroad have been sold to Everett Railroad in Duncansville, Pa. The Powhatan Café Parlor car was built by Pullman for the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad; the Rancho Sespe — named for a large Fillmore ranch — began life on the Colorado & Southern Railway.

Sierra Northern Ventura Division, the new operator of the Ventura County line, had previously purchased two dozen other pieces of F&W equipment for use in movie and television work. Other equipment has been sold to buyers in a wide range of locations.

Both cars are expected to be interchanged to Union Pacific this week.

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