Why did the original NWP abandoned the Wingo-Ramal line?

J Mann Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> There is another good reason to bypass
> Schellville. When Sonoma Creek floods Schellville
> yard floods. In addition to that the ROW through
> the fields, from the south end of the yard to
> Wingo, is now California Fish and Game property.
> They do not maintain the levees like the farmers
> used to so they periodically blow out and the
> fields flood. This causes the ROW to act like a
> levee, which it is not designed for, so the water
> starts working its way through until it erodes a
> hole and washes the ROW out. A new ROW from Wingo
> to Steamboat Slough can be built with big pipes
> going through so when the field floods the water
> pressure can equalize and not blow the ROW out.
> The ROW up to Schellville yard used to have that
> feature but new management didn't understand what
> it was for and closed off the holes. Since then
> the ROW has been washed out about a half dozen
> times in the last 50 years.