Western Railroad Discussion > Cal Northern(ex SP west Valley) flooding

Since I can't attach pics from my phone....

Maxwell, Ca has water over the rail and flooding most of town proper. Pic I saw showed some buildings in town with several feet of water inside.

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Nah, just an illusion. Seriously, I remember driving up 5 through Williams one afternoon, going home
to Redding where the water was in the median, and on both sides for miles. I imagine that Tehama is
in deep trouble along with a mile or so back all the way down to the Yolo Bypass. Not good. When I sold
my house in Redding it was in the 500 year flood plain, wonder if this is going to be that year.

Out

Unknown source, a drove view of Maxwell.

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That is the same pic I was going to post. I think it is from someone in a plane. This pic was also posted elsewhere. 

This is just north of Williams, CA. That is the Cal Northern in the foreground and I-5 in the middle. 

Mike

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Stay tuned.  Things may get much worse...flood impacts not seen in many years, Central Valley levees at risk,
10" of rain in the Feather River watershed "bullseye".

from Daniel Swain  weatherwest.com twitter feed.

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/socialmedia.php?wfo=sto

Nothing a steam locomotive can't handle.....

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Bummer, now that the West Valley isn't an option, clearly the UP should have bought the NWP and extended it to Oregon when they had the chance. I wonder if they'll ever realized that they need back up routes for back up routes to save the day two months every decade...

Won't be an issue when the rail barge service starts between Sacramento and Redding.

Out

More very heavy rain expected on Monday.

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Big mess on I-5, up to 2 hour delay. Was looking for a live News report and found some Video on Ch13 from Sacramento:

http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2017/02/18/maxwell-evacuated-due-to-flooding/

Notice in photo #2 posted above that there is more water in the field than in the creek. That area has some really strange and very deep drainage around the RR bridges.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/18/17 19:49 by TCnR.

Those poor people in Maxwell!  They have lost everything!
Floods are awful!.  Now we all really, really want the dry 
season to begin -- NOW.

portlander Wrote:
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> Bummer, now that the West Valley isn't an option, clearly the UP should have bought the NWP and extended it to Oregon when they had the chance. I wonder if they'll ever realized that they need back up routes for back up routes to save the day two months every decade...

Yeah, if it hadn't been for so much track being abandoned, they could have routed trains over the Central California Traction between Stockton and Sacramento (since the SP and WP lines had issues), run them over Donner, turn north at Fernley and take the Modoc to Oregon!  

They should have asked me.  I would have told them which lines to "rail bank."    (disengaging tongue-in-cheek key)  

As long as you got rails under yer cab.

CPRR Wrote:
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> Nothing a steam locomotive can't handle.....
>
> Posted from iPhone

2 hour delay on I-5--trucks still get through.

2-4 day delay on UP, or longer--customers decide to ship another way (truck).

That's the differrence.  Despite the record rains and floods, the highways still work, but the railroads are in gridlock. 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/19/17 00:53 by coach.

CA_Sou_MA_Agent Wrote:
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> portlander Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > Bummer, now that the West Valley isn't an
> option, clearly the UP should have bought the NWP
> and extended it to Oregon when they had the
> chance. I wonder if they'll ever realized that
> they need back up routes for back up routes to
> save the day two months every decade...
>
> Yeah, if it hadn't been for so much track being
> abandoned, they could have routed trains over the
> Central California Traction between Stockton and
> Sacramento (since the SP and WP lines had issues),
> run them over Donner, turn north at Fernley and
> take the Modoc to Oregon!  
>
> They should have asked me.  I would have told
> them which lines to "rail bank."    (disengaging
> tongue-in-cheek key)  


Right?!!

Cheers:)


And to other comments, the railroad was only shut down for one day and that was because of the state issued, imminent "spillway failure" warning.