I first went to Fullerton station in 1977 I was blown away. My wife and I still go there to this day. I met so many different people over the years down at that station.
I used to hang out on that platform for hours watching trains. Fullerton Station has changed so much since then!! Thank you for bringing back memories of my childhood
Great Catches man! I've always wanted to see how my hometown used to look like with ATSF and these videos are by far the best! I'm glad you were able to bring them on here!!!
Thank you so much for sharing these treasures! I grew up in this area during this time frame and to think these days would only be viewed as memories makes these videos that much more.
I love your videos...brings back memories for sure...I used to hang out here once in a while. Trains seemed to travel faster through Fullerton then compared to now.
Thanks for your interesting comments. The San Bernardino Sub. was good for fast freights and Fullerton added Amtrak Diegans to the mix. The activity at the SP Anaheim yard conflicted with my work schedule.
First train is interesting. Rare to see boxcars mixed in with hot intermodal/autorack freight. Unless those boxcars carry autoparts or perishables. Good old school vid.
The Milwaukee Road was a professional at hot intermodal and autoracks with boxcars carrying autoparts in its brave last years of the mid 1980s called the FORD FAST - and successor Soo Line continued the trend up until CP took over.
I can't remember the timeline of the ex-Metroliner cab cars but I do remember the crews felt vulnerable to crossing collisions on territory that had so many more road crossings than the NorthEast Corridor. Thanks for the comment.
@@vidwilzvids9587 Man you aren't kidding! I dunno the las time you've been through that part of Orange County, but most of the grade crossings are gone and have become overpasses for that reason. Placentia is still a no horn zone, so pedestrians get hit move than vehicles. I couldn't imagine being at the control stand in one of those metro liners and you see a 53' trailer stuck at a crossing - yikes!
The main thing changed now that ive seen is the safety changes, lifted platforms, fences between tracks, security cameras, and the removal of mini freight yards from all stations along the san diegan route, like this one and the oceanside one
Not really. But, that was back before auto-downloads, cameras and PTC. You could run pretty hot in those days and not get caught. That was back when railroading was fun, when the engineer was drunk, the conductor was stoned and the brakeman was asleep somewhere in the 2nd unit. Making $100k + back in 1987 must have been pretty sweet too.
Wow…..35 year Flashback…….. thanks for sharing
Thanks so much for UL this Fullerton Station video from 1987.
I first went to Fullerton station in 1977 I was blown away. My wife and I still go there to this day. I met so many different people over the years down at that station.
I used to hang out on that platform for hours watching trains. Fullerton Station has changed so much since then!! Thank you for bringing back memories of my childhood
You're very welcome. It was certainly a busy location.
Great Catches man! I've always wanted to see how my hometown used to look like with ATSF and these videos are by far the best! I'm glad you were able to bring them on here!!!
Blackpearlguy,That is good railroad,I appreciate so much Santa Fe.I have Santa Fe O scale layout.Good Era.!
What a treasure. Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you so much for sharing these treasures! I grew up in this area during this time frame and to think these days would only be viewed as memories makes these videos that much more.
You're welcome and thanks for the comment.
1987 were good times!
Plate C
I love your videos...brings back memories for sure...I used to hang out here once in a while. Trains seemed to travel faster through Fullerton then compared to now.
Thanks for your interesting comments. The San Bernardino Sub. was good for fast freights and Fullerton added Amtrak Diegans to the mix. The activity at the SP Anaheim yard conflicted with my work schedule.
Those baggage cars that Amtrak used were the bomb!
First train is interesting. Rare to see boxcars mixed in with hot intermodal/autorack freight. Unless those boxcars carry autoparts or perishables. Good old school vid.
Thanks for the comment,
The Milwaukee Road was a professional at hot intermodal and autoracks with boxcars carrying autoparts in its brave last years of the mid 1980s called the FORD FAST - and successor Soo Line continued the trend up until CP took over.
Fullerton train station looks different back then.
Blasting with Santa Fe's hot manifest at 60 mph through the heart of Fullerton - BNSF probably doesn't do this anymore.
Bnsf still does. Sometimes they go 65mph on piggy back and container trains
And with one more track added for good measure however the good all days of free parking are gone
Awesome video!
Railroads had fun clean looks on cars now days it's tags on board
From what I understand, San Diegans had Amfleet cabcars by the end of that year.
I can't remember the timeline of the ex-Metroliner cab cars but I do remember the crews felt vulnerable to crossing collisions on territory that had so many more road crossings than the NorthEast Corridor. Thanks for the comment.
@@vidwilzvids9587 Man you aren't kidding! I dunno the las time you've been through that part of Orange County, but most of the grade crossings are gone and have become overpasses for that reason. Placentia is still a no horn zone, so pedestrians get hit move than vehicles. I couldn't imagine being at the control stand in one of those metro liners and you see a 53' trailer stuck at a crossing - yikes!
This was before metrolink existed
I remember the torpedo tube Amtrak cars here on the valley division.
Amtrak got their moneys worth out of those Type 1's and still using them.
Track speed through Fullerton certainly seems to have decreased through the years! Freight seems to have used to hauled through there, what happened?
The main thing changed now that ive seen is the safety changes, lifted platforms, fences between tracks, security cameras, and the removal of mini freight yards from all stations along the san diegan route, like this one and the oceanside one
Those kinds of changes are railroad industry wide. Thanks for the comment.
The whole station looks 10 times nicer, too. Back then, it was kind of a dump!
SouthCalifas619 Anybody know when the present Fullerton Station was remodeled and expanded to its present form?
@history buff03 1995
I was half expecting to see a U-Boat on a flatbed.
I feel like that first train was going much faster than trains do nowadays..
Not really. But, that was back before auto-downloads, cameras and PTC. You could run pretty hot in those days and not get caught. That was back when railroading was fun, when the engineer was drunk, the conductor was stoned and the brakeman was asleep somewhere in the 2nd unit. Making $100k + back in 1987 must have been pretty sweet too.
Wonder what George Fullerton would think now...
Where's the PE?
I think they took the grassy area out when the maintenance people went on strike. LOL
People used to picnic there. Thanks for the comment.
The "SF" on the Kodarchrome scheme was but a foreshadowing of BNSF which would come about by 1996.
Thanks for your comments.