Fillmore & Western - o/s track east of Fillmore damaged

[MP57313]

The recent SoCal rains (Thursday 17th/Friday 18th) washed out part of the out-of-service segment of the Fillmore & Western. The o/s line extends east from Fillmore to Piru and is intact, and is drawn on the brochures. But I don't think they ever opened the route for tourist trains, and now any plans would be set back.
A photo in the LA Times showed a Ventura County firefighter leading another person over the washed out track.

[Anonymous]

I think they planed on using the extra track for film work, and eventually using it for tourist. But yeah, this will probably set everything back. I wonder how insurance works in that respect, or if the RoW can be covered at all.

Dave
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[ericsp]

On my way to work this morning, I heard on the traffic report on the radio that Highway 126 was closed. If I remember correctly, they said it was due to mud.

[vsmith]

Santa Paula municiple airport runway is getting eaten away from the river?

Have there been any problems reported with the ROW and bridges betweeen Fillmore and Santa Paula?