Fullerton Railroad Days Cancelled

Last May my wife and I rode the Metrolink to Fullerton to attend the Railroad Days event at the Fullerton train station. We enjoyed it and there were certainly a lot of folks out there that day.

As it turns out, that was the last Fullerton Railroad Days event:

FULLERTON – Railroad Days, which has drawn more than 30,000 train enthusiasts each May to the Fullerton Transportation Center, has been canceled.

In letters mailed Tuesday to the City Council, the sponsoring Fullerton Railway Plaza Association indicated that the council's denial of a railway museum last month caused a lot of disappointment.

The Plaza Association held the three-day railroad event, in part, to gain support for a rail venue.

"We can't get enough people together to work on this year's Railroad Days," said Fred Canfield, who chaired the venue for the past six years.

He has notified vendors that the decade-old event will not be held this May.

In a 2-2 vote, the council at its Dec. 9 meeting defeated a proposal to include a $35-million rail attraction in the Transportation Center Master Plan. Councilmen Don Bankhead and Richard Jones were willing to give the railroad association six months to raise $10 million to prove there was in interest in the interactive project.
Canfield said a committee will meet in February to discuss taking Railroad Days to another city.

That's too bad. Fullerton was a good venue for it with easy access by train, though parking could be a little tough for those driving in. I hope they can find another spot for it.