Former Fillmore and Western gp35 now Santa Maria Valley RR

One of SMV's 70-tonners and a GP9 sit awaiting repairs at the SMV facility in Betteravia.

One of Santa Maria Valley's 70-tonners switches at Betteravia.

For my birthday, KCSM 4753 leads a candy cane SB empty ballast train on the Coastline. The train came north the previous evening, laying ballast between Gaviota and Guadalupe. The sugar plant, whe... (more)

With a lengthy inbound train on the drawbar, BUGX 1322 lugs today's inbound Santa Maria Valley Railroad train through the crossing at Betteravia Junction as it turns toward the town of Santa Maria... (more)

Curving to the east at Betteravia Junction, BUGX 1322's train of 29 cars can be seen in its entirety as it makes the most of the 10mph speed limit. Built in 1952 for the Santa Fe, this 65-year-old... (more)

With 20 cars on the drawbar, a nicely sized inbound train from Guadalupe, lead by the now 65-year-old, ex-ATSF 2901 curves to the east at Betteravia Junction as it heads to switch out tank cars fr... (more)

Looking down the right of way, one wonders...is this this Central Valley or the Santa Maria Valley? In reality, it's a warm morning in the small community of Betteravia, located just west of Santa... (more)

It's a beautiful, spring afternoon in Betteravia as the Santa Maria Valley Railroad's town job switches out tank cars prior to continuing east into town. Following an overly wet winter, it was onl... (more)

One of the few remaining operable GE 70-tonners is sole power on SMV's "Town Job". After protecting the malfunctioning crossing, the train slowly continues to it's destination of Santa M... (more)

Santa Maria Valley job hauling twenty five cars of sugar beets from interchange with SP at Guadalupe to Union Sugar Refinery at Betteravia

Not sure what model export GE model but rare export GE leading beet loads near Union Sugar refinery Betteravia, CA