{"id":1277,"date":"2002-06-24T01:27:59","date_gmt":"2002-06-24T01:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/huell-howser-archives\/2002\/09\/27\/fairplex-garden-train-visiting-1012\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T21:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:36:10","slug":"fairplex-garden-train-visiting-1012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/huell-howser-archives\/2002\/06\/24\/fairplex-garden-train-visiting-1012\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairplex Garden Train &#8211; Visiting (1012)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Join Huell as he visits Fairplex Pomona to see their Garden Railroad. The Fairplex Garden Railroad is considered the oldest and the largest garden railroad of its kind in North America. 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