C70:railroad (06/13/82)
>From MSM@MIT-MC Sat Jun 12 19:22:04 1982
Yesterday, I spoke with Gigi Bradshaw from the Friends of the Sierra
Railroad. [The Sierra RR runs from Oakdale to Touloume via Jamestown in the
California Sierra foothills. Until a few years ago (when the freight
operations were sold) tourist type steam passenger trains were run
every weekend.] She said that Railtown (the Jamestown roundhouse and
shop areas) and the passenger fleet (steam locomotives and cars) has
been, or is in the process of being, bought by the state as a state park.
The Friends of the Sierra RR is a group of people who are interested
in the resumption of passenger operations on the line. Most of the group
are residents and merchants in the Jamestown area.
Their group was to have run a steam passenger special next week, but
last minute problems have forced cancellation of the trip. Instead,
there will be a picnic and wine and cheese tasting event to be held in
Railtown next Saturday, 19 June'82 at 1pm. The grounds will be open to
the public from 10am to 4pm on that day.
She is confident that passenger operations on the Sierra RR will return in
the near future.
For more information call Gigi Bradshaw at 209/962-7008.
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