The train arrives in Willits and we have an hour before
we head back to Fort Bragg.
The California Western used to connect with the Northwestern Pacific
Railroad in Willits. Weather and poor management conspired against
the NWP, and it closed several years ago. As a result, a sizable
number of locomotives and historic railroad cars are stranded in Willits.
I decide to explore the NWP yard and see what I can find.
Central
California Traction Company #80 came from a railroad in the San Joaquin
Valley. |