In 1998 they had a gigantic 10,000 person rally up in Humboldt county, California. Thousands of people camped onsite. When I got there, the choices were slim except for some lovely spots on the beach of the Eel River. This time of year, the Eel was barely a creek by Michigan standards, and you could walk, splash or leap all the way across.
Anyway, first night I'm sleaping, and about 3 AM what do I hear but the growl of some EMD 567C's. I look out of my tent and there's the Northwestern Pacific, headlight lighting up the side of the mountain on the other side, winding a freight train down the river valley on the other side at about 10 mph.
What I didn't know was, that would be the last of that.
The rails are still there... that is, if you don't mind fishing them out of the Eel River.
Camping next to Rails
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Robert MacDowell
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