and headed N on 395 till we got to US 70 to Portola that had a nice R/R museum 8 or 10
diesel units and 1 old steam engine a 4-8-4 in restoration stages. For a 175.00 bucks I
could have learned to run a switching engine, now if that was the steam locomotive I might
have bit not many guys today could say they know how to run a steam locomotive, there is
always people out there with a good line but its our job to sort the truth from the BULL -SHIT.
Heading on down 70 run us into the feather river canyon, I was over length for the narrow 2
lane road but I didn't that sign officer. The R/R grade was built in the early 1900's and it is hard
to believe what they did the only railroad wye in the world with 2 legs on bridges and a closing track in a tunnel, 2 7000 ft tunnels and the Willams loop that makes a continious 1 mile loop with longer trains
passing over themselves to gain elevation.Then the workers discovered gold in the tunnel cuts and
that created a new problem.
So we found our way into the Chico Elks and will let the crazies have the roads
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