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- Newsgroups: rec.railroad
- Path: sparky!uunet!portal!ntmtv!adrian
- From: adrian@ntmtv.UUCP (Adrian Brandt)
- Subject: Roaring Camp (was: Unusual tunnels?)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.011915.13172@ntmtv>
- Keywords: spirals
- Sender: news@ntmtv
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- Organization: Northern Telecom Inc, Mountain View, CA
- References: <921221150756@cream.ftp.com> <H757VB5w165w@1776.COM>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 01:19:15 GMT
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- In article <H757VB5w165w@1776.COM>, bob@1776.COM (Robert Coe) writes:
- |> jbvb@vax.ftp.com (James B. VanBokkelen) writes:
- |> > In the USA, I know of three spirals in service: Tehachapi Loop, east of
- |> > Bakersfield CA on track shared by the SP & ATSF ...
- |>
- |> Isn't there also a spiral on the Roaring Camp, Big Trees, & Pacific (or the
- |> other RR with a similar name that operates in the same area)?
-
- The Roaring Camp & Big Trees (narrow-gauge) RR is in Felton, California.
- That's probably about 400 miles from the Tehachapi loop. Felton is a
- small town on Highway 9 about 6 or 7 miles from Santa Cruz.
-
- As someone else already mentioned, their looped wood trestle burned up
- in a (arson-caused?) forest fire many years ago. To this day, they have
- not rebuilt it, but have been getting past the burned trestle by
- operating over some switchbacks they built after the fire.
-
- Roaring Camp RR is set in a Redwood forest area and features excursion
- train rides year 'round, except for Christmas. Their engine roster
- includes the Dixiana, Number One. A 42-ton, 1912 Shay. The Sonora,
- Numeber Seven. A 60-ton, 1910 Shay. And Tuolumne, the world's oldest
- operating Heisler locomotive (1899).
-
- Also departing from Roaring Camp is the Santa Cruz, Big Trees & Pacific
- Railway Company. It offers roundtrip excursions between Roaring Camp
- and the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Seasonal service.
-
- For more information about either excursion train, call 408 335-4400.
- Or, call the general office at 408 335-4484.
-
- --
-
- Adrian Brandt (415) 940-2379
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