Re: 20 years since last NWP trains to Eureka
Author: john
Date: 01-11-2018 - 12:36
Dmac844 Wrote:
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> Not sure about now, but my father in law was
> General Manager of the North Coast in the early
> 90s and he would not allow any of the track
> inspectors/track crews to be alone without another
> person through quite a bit of the canyon, and also
> had instructions not to wander off the ROW more
> than a few feet due to the local 'crop' growers.
I have known and worked with the roadmaster of the North Coast railroad and the NWP. Frank Lovio. Frank never mentioned any problems with growers in the canyon. But it has gotten much worst since then. There have been murders around the Spyrock area. You don't want to be snooping around Bell Springs rd. in September - October. At least some of the tunnels are collasping because locals are stealing the 12x20 virgin redwood bents.