Brian,

Thanks for the call times. For 20 years I have driven from Aptos to Capitola along that route everyday. Often I would see the Southern Pacific and later the Union Pacific trains heading north or south along that stretch of track. I always wanted to take a day off to chase the train and take photos, but my heavy workload never allowed me to escape. Now Southern Pacific and Northern Pacific are gone and who knows how long Sierra Northern will work these rails. Wish I could have been up at Davenport when they removed the remaining cars. At least you and others posted some great photos. Would love to see photos of the 1992 derailment at New Brighton.

Howard


Brian Bergtold Wrote:
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> I'm sure they appreciate they extra pair of eyes,
> Howard. Good spotting regardless of how long it
> has been like that. Believe it or not it was
> actually much worse before the tie gang came
> through in '03. I think you asked about when the
> Sierra runs. The usual call times seem to be
> Monday and Thursday mornings, with any other day
> as needed to switch out the reefer customers in
> Watsonville.