This how the USA got real stuff done 60 years ago. Now, this whole job would have been tied up in legal challenges for years until the job would have been given up. There is still some validity to having a rail line north to the port at Eureka, but time and nature have shown that the Eel River canyon is not geologically suited for this purpose.
I think I was two years old when they did that that’s crazy. Cool video.😊
I lived close by and remembered those days well!
If on a lesser scale. Similar to what happened at SP Salmonberry Oregon in more recent years.
This how the USA got real stuff done 60 years ago. Now, this whole job would have been tied up in legal challenges for years until the job would have been given up. There is still some validity to having a rail line north to the port at Eureka, but time and nature have shown that the Eel River canyon is not geologically suited for this purpose.
Those were the days. Yes, politics have ruined it all.
And that line is still closed.
Sad that the line is slated to become a bike trail if certain politicians get their way
theres not much left of that part
It's been closed since 1998. Not much of the railroad exists today. Most of it has washed away due to landslides or heavy rains.