Howard Wrote:
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> Carol,
>
> I am sure I would have done the same if I had
> grown up here and you are not alone. My
> photographs of the branch line were a big hit with
> a local lumber company and they were sent out to
> their different locations. Below is one of the
> responses I got back:
>
> Thanks that was fun to see.
> I used to climb under and walk the plank out to
> the middle of that trestle at La Selva beach and
> wait for the train to come by and hang on for a
> wild ride when I was a kid. Probably pee my pants
> today.


I nearly pee my pants just remembering it!! :-) and another piece of family genetic stupidity is our railfan son who went to Cal Poly and used to go "tunneling" when they would ride up to the tunnels on Cuesta and go in and stand in the niches as the freights went roaring by------------obviously they were fueled on agricultural substances not necessarily approved by the school---------------sheesh.
C.