Re: Modoc Line
Author: Tony Johnson
Date: 09-20-2013 - 08:31
As WAF stated, "Because of the dry conditions of that part of California, snow did fall, but not really a problem that nose plows couldn't handle. More very cold and windy in winter and blazing hot in summer", it could be brutal out there.
For years SP kept a wooden flanger for occasional snow removal service on the Modoc, but mostly it was used to clear snow on the Westwood (Susanville) Branch between those two points until the line was abandoned in 1978. Our NRHS chapter in Medford has restored that flanger.