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FULLERTON RAILROAD DAYS 1999
www.trainweb.com/frpa/rrdays/index99.html
This family oriented railroad event was held at the future site for the Fullerton Railway Plaza
next to the Fullerton Santa Fe Depot on May 1 & 2, 1999 with an estimated attendance of over
15,000 visitors!
On display on one Fullerton siding was an Amtrak train consisting of F59PHI locomotive #452,
the Amtrak Coast Starlight Pacific Parlour Car and a Superliner Sleeping Car (Number: 32078 /
Name: Florida). On display
on the other Fullerton siding were the Overland Train and Silver Hollow private cars.
BNSF SD75M locomotive #8279 painted in the old Santa Fe War Bonnet colors was also on display.
Except for the Amtrak locomotive, visitors were allowed to walk through all of these cars,
including the BNSF locomotive. The Amtrak locomotive had to remain closed to visitors since it
was kept running to provide hotel power to the other cars.
The very first railcar to enter the new Fullerton railroad sidings was the Silver Hollow
Pullman private car at about 1:30 A.M. on Friday morning, April 30, 1999. That car entered
the siding closest to the Track 1 mainline.
Click here to view photos and
video clips of that event now.
About 7 A.M. on Saturday, May 1, 1999, the railcars arrived into Fullerton that would be the
very first to enter the new Fullerton siding closest to the loading dock. This rail equipment
consisted of an Amtrak Superliner II Sleeping Car (Number: 32078 / Name: Florida), an Amtrak
Coast Starlight Pacific Parlour Car, and an Amtrak F59PHI locomotive (#452). Click on each
of the following video clips to view that event:
A BNSF SD75M locomotive #8279 painted in the old Santa Fe War Bonnet colors was on display
at the new sidings at the Fullerton Santa Fe Depot. As of Monday, May 3, 1999, this locomotive
was still at the siding.
A single train consisting of an F59PHI, a Pacific Parlour Car, a Superliner Sleeping Car, and
the Overland Trail was brought down from Los Angeles to Fullerton at around 7 A.M. on Saturday
morning, May 1, 1999. 1999. The Overland Trail was pushed into the siding closest to the main
line and coupled to the Silver Hollow which had arrived the previous day. The rest of the
train then moved forward and then backed into the siding closest to the loading dock.
Santa Fe 3751 Steam Locomotive
Although there were a number of rumors about the possible appearance of the Santa Fe 3751
Steam Locomotive, you will not find it on any of the lists of announced events.
Such an appearance could not be included as part of the official program until a firm
commitment was received that the 3751 would appear. There was some hope right up to the
time of the event that there might be a change in plans and that the 3751 would come to
Fullerton Railroad Days. Siding space was left available just in case.
There were two main rumors going around at the event as to why the Santa Fe 3751 was not
on display. We'd like to provide additional information to squelch those rumors which are
not based on fact.
The first rumor is that the BNSF would not give permission to move the Santa Fe 3751 from
the Redondo Roundhouse to Fullerton. That is totally untrue. The BNSF was extremely
cooperative in making Fullerton Railroad Days possible. They placed equipment on display at
the event and helped with the move of other equipment to the event. The help provided by the
BNSF is greatly appreciated. Fullerton Railroad Days could not have turned out to be the
success it was without the efforts of the BNSF. Permission was granted by the BNSF for the
Santa Fe 3751 to be brought from the Redondo Roundhouse down to Fullerton for this event.
Please help us squash the rumor that the BNSF blocked the move of the 3751 to this event.
The other rumor going around is that Amtrak blocked the move of the 3751 because they wanted
it on display at their open house for employees at the Redondo Roundhouse. This is also not
true. Amtrak did offer to put the locomotive on display at the roundhouse if it was not going
to be used elsewhere that day. Amtrak did make it clear that any other public event should
take priority over the display of the locomotive at their employee in-house event. The
efforts of Amtrak to bring the 3 pieces of equipment that they brought to this event is also
greatly appreciated and added a lot to the success of this event. Amtrak did not block
the move of the 3751 to this event and we would appreciate your help in squelching these
rumors.
Click here to see the
original page announcing the 1999 first Fullerton Railroad Days.
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