Many southern California residents take day-trips. Journeys by car to destinations only an hour or two away, so the family can get back in time to sleep in their own beds. We are indeed fortunate to have so many fantastic museums, theme parks, concert halls and beaches within a few hours drive. While others that live hundreds, even thousands of miles away have to spend months planning, i.e., scheduling flights, making hotel reservations and taking weeks away from the workplace to enjoy what many of southern Californians take for granted.
One of the nearest day trips residents of the Santa Clarita Valley can take is heading west on State Highway 126 to the lush agricultural Heritage Valley. In less than half an hour, citizens of Santa Clarita arrive in Fillmore. In downtown Central Park, families can board one of the Fillmore & Western Railway vintage trains. The various themed trains operate year-round. A regular weekend scenic excursion is scheduled every Saturday and Sunday, providing a three-hour trip that stops in another Heritage Valley city, Santa Paula for an hour layover.
If it is a holiday weekend, chances are Fillmore & Western has a themed train ride to celebrate the occasion. Among the holiday trains are the Valentines Day “Rails to Romance” dinner train, Easter lunch train, Mothers’ day lunch train, Fathers’ day barbeque lunch train, 4th of July firecracker barbeque dinner train, Pumpkinliners—search for the headless horseman dinner train, dinner with Santa, Christmas tree trains, the North Pole Express and the New Years’ Eve party train. We also charter trains for special occasions, such as retirement parties, birthday parties, anniversary celebrations and company team-building activities.
For more information, to request a brochure or make a reservation, call 805-524-2546. Take a trip on the website at www.fwry.com to see images of train rides. All aboard for a daytrip!