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Nostalgia & History > Whats this location in the Feather River Canyon?Date: 05/14/19 21:57 Whats this location in the Feather River Canyon? Author: photobob Here's a shot I took of a WP train in the Feather River Canyon in the late 1960's but I have no idea of the location.
Robert Morris Dunsmuir, CA Robert Morris Photography  Date: 05/14/19 22:15 Re: Whats this location in the Feather River Canyon? Author: billmeeker Westbound between Poe and Pulga. This area was charred by the recent "Camp Fire" that obliterated the town of Paradise.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/14/19 22:18 by billmeeker. Date: 05/15/19 07:14 Re: Whats this location in the Feather River Canyon? Author: icancmp193 Yes on between Poe and Pulga but I think the bridge has been gone for some years.
TJY Date: 05/15/19 07:50 Re: Whats this location in the Feather River Canyon? Author: Railbaron To go one step further, what was that road and bridge for? What did it give access to? In this photo there appears to be a building, maybe a mine or something.
I am not intimately familiar with the FRC and I have seen this location but I don't remember outside access to that side of the river and that bridge. Was there outside access at one time? Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/15/19 08:13 by Railbaron. Date: 05/15/19 08:32 Re: Whats this location in the Feather River Canyon? Author: trackplanner Looks like lots of material was dumped over the side to the river there.
Date: 05/15/19 08:39 Re: Whats this location in the Feather River Canyon? Author: trainjunkie Bridge abutments are still there. Haven't been there for awhile but I believe that is a westbound exiting Tunnel 9 before reaching Poe. There is an abandoned vehicle bridge below this point that crosses the river that uses (what I was told is) a former turntable bridge as the approach span. I've always wondered if that was true (sure looks like one) and if so, where did it come from?
https://goo.gl/maps/4NqXg4M7gdrHr8Ev5 Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/15/19 11:44 by trainjunkie. Date: 05/15/19 10:59 Re: Whats this location in the Feather River Canyon? Author: TAW Railbaron Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > To go one step further, what was that road and > bridge for? What did it give access to? In this > photo there appears to be a building, maybe a mine > or something. > > I am not intimately familiar with the FRC and I > have seen this location but I don't remember > outside access to that side of the river and that > bridge. Was there outside access at one time? It looks like a construction access point for the Poe dam diversion tunnel. TAW  Date: 05/15/19 11:41 Re: Whats this location in the Feather River Canyon? Author: trainjunkie TAW Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > It looks like a construction access point for the > Poe dam diversion tunnel. Thanks for the survey map Tom, that's correct. Exiting tunnel 9. Date: 05/15/19 12:21 Re: Whats this location in the Feather River Canyon? Author: Chico43 Bardee's Bar! That sounds like a good place to stop and go to beans......
Date: 05/16/19 06:37 Re: Whats this location in the Feather River Canyon? Author: RRTom Looks like the road dead-ends in the photo but if it followed the route on the USGS map, it would go through the concrete tunnel-like thing.
Date: 05/16/19 20:59 Re: Whats this location in the Feather River Canyon? Author: mococomike I think most of the dirt in the foreground came out of the tunnel.
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