Seabiscuit is one recent movie that was filmed at the railway in Fillmore, California. But Dave Wilkinson wasn’t manning the projection at the Mann Theaters in Southern California when that film was released. He was on set, at his new job, running the railway that he and his wife Tresa acquired in 1996. Tresa still manages and consults for mobile home parks, but she’s devoted to her work at the railroad. “The railroad job has one really attractive advantage that management consulting do


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