 At about the same time that the town was laid out by Surdam, the Southern Pacific Railroad ran tracks through the valley, between Newhall and Ventura, on the north side of the Santa Clara River.They built a station about away from Bardsdale and named it Fillmore Station in honor of the company's general superintendent, Jerome A. Fillmore.On March 22, 1887, Surdam began running $4.00 round trip tri-weekly train excursions from Los Angeles to Fillmore Station, to see Bardsdale "the Eden of Southern California!," which he advertised in the "Los Angeles Times".