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Re: West Serria Branch Lines
Author: Graham Buxton
Date: 11-08-2016 - 15:03
Alf Doten Wrote:
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> The bridge over Highway 49 south of San Andreas
> mentioned above indicates the cement plant used
> rail at some point between the quarry and the
> plant. It's always been a truck bridge in my memory.
> I've never seen any pics or info on this as a rail
> operation. Does anyone out there have any other
> information or comment?
This page has lots of photos of the branch ROW, but many of them were taken after the rails were pulled. It also says that the bridge in question was built to railroad standards with the idea of extending tracks to a smaller quarry, but in spite of that it was ever only used for trucks:
[www.trainweb.org]
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> The bridge over Highway 49 south of San Andreas
> mentioned above indicates the cement plant used
> rail at some point between the quarry and the
> plant. It's always been a truck bridge in my memory.
> I've never seen any pics or info on this as a rail
> operation. Does anyone out there have any other
> information or comment?
This page has lots of photos of the branch ROW, but many of them were taken after the rails were pulled. It also says that the bridge in question was built to railroad standards with the idea of extending tracks to a smaller quarry, but in spite of that it was ever only used for trucks:
[www.trainweb.org]
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Alf Doten | 11-08-2016 - 13:33 |
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Graham Buxton | 11-08-2016 - 15:03 |
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John Barnhill | 11-08-2016 - 16:00 |
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Alf Doten | 11-08-2016 - 21:55 |
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