You sure wouldn't know it was 2004 by looking at the consist of this coalie! Check the UNPATCHED pair of SP ACeez on the point, and the string of hi-side steel gons behind! Shot last week at the west switch of Cliff Siding:
Yup. Could be 1995 again. The scenery reminds me of southern Oregon area. I like that little flatcar bridge. I wonder if it was once a D&RGW car? Boxcab E50
Boxcab, I was wandering if anyone else had seen that flatcar bridge...that would make an excellent mini scene to model.
Great catch hemi you really need to get out railfanning more often because I love seeing all the action you catch
It's not always so fast.... Usually, I get stuck waiting 4 hrs plus for trains to start running again, thanks to Maintenance-in-the-way, fleeting WB or EB trains up or down the hill, etc.
About 10 miles north of Redding is Lake Shasta which is now 100 feet below the maximum level. Interstate I-5 crosses the lake and the bottom deck of the bridge is the SP/UP main line. It is a little hard to catch a train on the bridge but some day I hope to catch one. As the lake goes down they keep moving the marinas out to deeper water.
Gil .. I understand that the old original rails, tunnels and even an old steam locomotive, set in before the dam was built, are still under the water. Have you heard anything about that?
Bill- I cannot recall who it was- A friend sent me a jpg last summer of the low water level. R-O-W could be seen and also a tunnel. But no rails. I doubt they'd leave them in. Worth too much to not salvage. My brother was a long time resident on the Oregon coast. Coos Bay area. He took us to a place on that line where a bridge crossed a body of fresh water. And told us of a fable about a loco in the bottom. Only problem was I could see the bottom. Not deep enough.... Most of these stories seem to be a hoax. Boxcab E50
However......When they lowered Butt Lake because of dam strengthing, they did find a old logging locomtive. 2-1/2 ft gauge I think they said. It is now on display in a park in Chester, Ca.. Seen it many times on the way to Lake Almanor. It,s on HW 36 as you enter Chester from the west The BNSF' High Line' skirts Lake Almanor on the east side of the lake. It is about 20 miles north of the Keddie Wye
Hmmmm ... maybe the two "fables" about the lakes are intertwined somehow. LOL You know how things get around .. mouth to mouth! P
Marty- I remember that event. There was a site on the web that had pictures of the muddy loco being salvaged. Wish I knew where that link was ...... Believe Railfan mag or one of those also had a photo or two. Boxcab E50
