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Re: Lake County railroad
Author: Tom Moungovan
Date: 08-27-2008 - 07:25

Craig Tambo Wrote:
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> I believe the Napa Valley electric line
> origionally planned to go to Lake County as well,
> and then there was the narrow-gauge Colusa & Lake
> RR that only made it to Sites, in the eastern
> foothills (and whose grade can still be seen today
> west of Maxwell). No common-carrier railroad ever
> reached Lake County; per a article by Ted Wurm in
> "The Northwesterner" (NWP Historical Society) some
> years ago, the only rail operation in the county
> was a short-lived one-engine logging line during
> WWII.

I believe the tiny Heisler from that operation is still around...it was one of Hal
Wilmunders locos at Antelope and later Camino.

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  Lake County railroad Russell 08-25-2008 - 15:47
  Re: Lake County railroad Rich Hunn 08-25-2008 - 17:56
  Re: Lake County railroad Gary Waddell 08-25-2008 - 19:03
  Re: Lake County railroad Al Stangenberger 08-25-2008 - 21:24
  Re: Lake County railroad Craig Tambo 08-26-2008 - 09:02
  Re: Lake County railroad Rich Hunn 08-26-2008 - 15:14
  Re: Lake County railroad Tom Moungovan 08-27-2008 - 07:25
  Re: Lake County railroad Castlebridge 08-26-2008 - 21:15


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