Re: Gerber Ca Railyard?
Author: Tony Johnson
Date: 10-22-2014 - 21:49
george manley Wrote:
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> Tony...The round house at Red Bluff I believe was
> taken out when Gerber came into operation..Also
> there was a Round House At Redding at the south
> end of the big bridge, it had a turn table big
> enough to turn 2-8-0's.....There were 2-10-2's
> that came up to Redding on the Redding turns out
> of Gerber, so the power had to be turned...There
> is a wye some place in the area, but I don't know
> where to turn the power...There was a lot of local
> traffic between Gerber and Redding and the 2-8-0s
> handled it.. I believe the round house in Redding
> came down in the mid 1960's??
Thanks George. Time for me to break out Signor's books for additional info. One time Marjorie and I visited the location where the Red Bluff roundhouse used to stand. Back then (2001) it was an empty lot. We arrived just in time to catch a UP e/b pass by.