Alfred Doten Wrote:
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> In Bill's picture you can still see evidence of
> the 1964 flood in those dead trees off to the
> side. I rode the car many times following the
> flood in the mid 1960's. If traffic was lite and
> no officials around you could stand up front
> between South Fork and Dos Rios. Charles Coleman
> was the regular conductor in those days. Lots of
> torpedos popping off and rough pieces of track
> that made the Budd lurch violently. On/off stops
> were made anywhere for any reason, hikers,
> fishermen, locals and employees. Thanks to Bill
> and KRK for the recent pics and memmories.
> ARD
Interesting picture of tain no. 1. The water level at South Fork on Dec. 21 1964 was about the level of the No. board on the train in this picture. The four span bridge to the right of this photo was the final location for the track to come together. The bridge didn't fail until 2 days after the water receeded. The center bridge pier undermined and failed. This was when repaired the most expensive pier ever built on the NWP.
Interesting story about Charlie Coleman and "Ring Tail" Graham the hoghead . They were trapped in Willits on the 22nd and was unable to get home to Eureka by any means until about the middle of January 1965 and stayed on HAHT and expenses the whole time. Both of them volinteered to do any thing they were asked to do to resore the RR.