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CC&C Mayfield Bridge
Author: Butler
Date: 07-05-2013 - 12:11

Years ago there was a shortline in western Washington, the Cowlitz, Chehalis, and Cascade, that had a really scary timber trestle near Mayfield. They would have one Engineer start the train across the trestle at a very low speed, then he would bail off. Another Engineer would catch it on the opposite side. This line was abandoned in 1955. They never owned a diesel.

One of their locos, #15, operates today on tourist line "Chehalis-Centralia railroad" south of Chehalis WA. Another, #25 is displayed in a Centralia WA park.

A google search turned up quite a bit on the Cowlitz, Chehalis, and Cascade, but no pictures of the bridge.

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  Amphibious CP Rail Train Pdxrailtransit 07-04-2013 - 13:08
  Re: Amphibious CP Rail Train Alvah Crocker 07-04-2013 - 14:17
  Re: Amphibious CP Rail Train dcjb 07-04-2013 - 15:13
  Re: Amphibious CP Rail Train Jon 07-04-2013 - 15:16
  Re: Amphibious CP Rail Train mook 07-04-2013 - 17:41
  A Culture of Fear? Pdxrailtransit 07-04-2013 - 20:33
  Re: A Culture of Fear? smitty195 07-04-2013 - 20:57
  CC&C Mayfield Bridge Butler 07-05-2013 - 12:11
  Re: CC&C Mayfield Bridge Kinda Shaky 07-05-2013 - 14:42
  Re: CC&C Mayfield Bridge Butler 07-05-2013 - 16:34
  Re: CC&C Mayfield Bridge Tom McCann 07-05-2013 - 18:12
  Re: CC&C Mayfield Bridge George Andrews 07-08-2013 - 19:31


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