SANTA CLARITA : Train Platform to Be Dedicated
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A make-believe Great Train Robbery will help dedicate Santa Clarita’s new Metrolink commuter rail platform at 10 a.m. Saturday, next door to the Saugus Speedway on Soledad Canyon Road.
The stunt performance will re-create a celebrated robbery that occurred at the site Nov. 10, 1929, when “Buffalo Tom” Vernon derailed a northbound train and forced passengers at gunpoint to surrender cash totaling $200.
Vernon was arrested three weeks later in Oklahoma, served 35 years in prison, was paroled in 1964 and died one year later.
Santa Clarita and Metrolink officials, along with a 35-piece band, will participate in ceremonies dedicating the platform for Metrolink’s rail service to and from downtown Los Angeles, which begins Monday.
Three trains will travel the 69-minute journey to Union Station each weekday, departing at 5:31, 6:26 and 7:21 a.m. The return trips to Santa Clarita--each two minutes shorter than the morning runs--will depart from Union Station at 4:15, 5:20 and 6:10 p.m.
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