m Wrote:
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> Actually, I think he was standing on or very close
> to Elkhorn Road. I used to work in that area and
> did a lot of back roads. Unfortunately for
> photographers, a lot of trees have grown along the
> road since that picture was taken.
>
> There's a little county park (mostly, a launching
> ramp) at Kirby Road
> (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=
> elkhorn+slough+,+ca&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31
> .839416,56.601563&ie=UTF8&ll=36.84046,-121.743686&
> spn=0.015696,0.027637&z=15) that can put you right
> on the tracks. Nature Conservancy has a preserve a
> little farther south that can put you by the
> tracks with a short hike (not always open, and you
> might need to pay). Just north of where it crosses
> the Slough itself, Elkhorn Road comes right up
> next to the tracks, but the shoulder is
> conspicuous by its absence so you have to be very
> careful - traffic MOVES out there unless some farm
> equipment is in the way. Got a pic of 4449 there
> many years ago - just found the box it's in a
> couple of weeks ago but don't have a scanner
> suitable for digitizing it yet and need to figure
> out how to post it if I eventually do get it
> scanned.

The Elkhorn Slough Marine Sanctuary is open Wed. through Sunday. They charge $2.50 or something like that. It is right there on Elkhorn Road about 2 miles from Dolan Road. It has several miles of easily walked trails, one of which takes you right to the tracks at the little peninsula where there was once a gun club with a really hilarious story connected to it. It is gone, BTW. You can stand there at the tracks and because of the Doppler effect, you will NOT hear a train coming until it is right there. We used to walk down there to greet and wave at our ATK Starlite engineer friends, Tommy DeLaRosa and John Medaris. The parking lot at Kirby Park is a great place to get full train length photos as we did when the AOE came through a few years ago.
BTW, great shot, Sam!
C.