The SCRPA, formerly called the Fullerton Railway Plaza Association, held Railroad Days in Fullerton each year, in part, to gain support for permanent railroad museum. 

But in December 2008, when the Fullerton City Council defeated a proposal to include the $35 million rail attraction in the Transportation Center Master Plan, Railroad Days' organizers opted to look elsewhere for a location. 

"We weren't asking for money," SCRPA spokesperson Donna Johnson said.

"We were asking that it be part of the whole project. That way, we would have a base to go out and raise money for it."

Schweitzer, who founded the Brea Historical Museum, would welcome a railway museum in Brea, and said having Railroad Days in the city each year is a great first step toward that goal. 

"If we could someday bring a museum to Brea, that would be huge," the councilman said. "My long term goal is to have a station and a museum as close to downtown as we can get it." 

The event was not held in 2009.