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Re: What once was the Yreka Western
Author: Hoghead 1
Date: 10-17-2012 - 19:12

Jeff Moore Wrote:
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> Hutch 7.62 Wrote:
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> > Yreka Western a railroad forever known as the
> > railroad Court Hammond killed.
>
> This is just way too simplistic...
>
> Regardless of where you stand on Mr.
> Hammond...fact is, he and his group did keep it
> running for as long as they had a cash flow from
> which to work. I don't know if he ever made any
> money on the passenger excursions- but I have my
> doubts. Freight is where the money was in that
> operation. What killed the railroad had more to
> do with the greater economics of trying to
> maintain a viable railroad across Siskiyou Summit-
> once CORP figured out they couldn't do it, the YW
> was as good as dead no matter who owned it.
>
> Remember also that Court and his group bought the
> railroad after it had received permission to
> abandon the line, and they did bring it back to
> life. On my one visit to the railroad (while it
> was running) under Court's ownership, I saw more
> maintenance of track and equipment being done than
> in the last dozen or so years of the Kyle years.
>
> Quite a lot has been written and debated here and
> elsewhere about business practices, ethics, and
> the like on this railroad. All things aside,
> pinning the blame on one man for killing this
> railroad is a bridge too far.
>
> Jeff Moore
> Elko, NV

Maybe a bridge too far, but I work with a gentleman that used to work for the Yreka Western, and from the stories he has told me about Court and his dealings, it is definitely a bridge that leads to somewhere, and it isn't a good place.

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  Re: What once was the Yreka Western Howard 10-16-2012 - 10:42
  Re: What once was the Yreka Western jbbane 10-16-2012 - 19:32
  Re: What once was the Yreka Western Hutch 7.62 10-16-2012 - 21:14
  Re: What once was the Yreka Western Jeff Moore 10-16-2012 - 21:28
  Re: What once was the Yreka Western Drew Jacksich 10-16-2012 - 23:17
  Re: What once was the Yreka Western Mikado 10-17-2012 - 09:42
  Re: What once was the Yreka Western Hoghead 1 10-17-2012 - 19:12
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