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Modoc, The Southern Pacific’s Back Door to Oregon by Bowden & Dill Hard Cover
Modoc, The Southern Pacifics Back Door to Oregon by Jack Bowden & Tom Dill
The Modoc Southern Pacifics Back Door to Oregon
Hard Cover
336 Page
Copyright 2002
Contents
Preface v
Acknowledgments vii
Modoc Northern1
Nevada-California-Oregon11
Fernley and Lassen 47
Depression and War67
Postwar Years: A Time of Prosperity121
End of the Line169
Passenger Service195
Alturas223
Calling Out the Big Hook247
A Crummy Life267
Appendix295
Modoc Line Chronology295
Modoc Line Stations297
Bibliography 306
Periodicals306
Color Photos of the Modoc Line 307
Index323
On back cover,
The Southern Pacific's (SP's) Modoc Line was built for the sole purpose of providing a shortcut for forest products moving from the lush forests of Oregon to mid-western and eastern markets by way of Ogden, Utah This remote and virtually unknown line cut across the high desert country of Northeastern California from Klamath Falls, Oregon to Fernley, Nevada, crossing four major summits with a 140-mile helper district. As many as four articulated locomotives in a single train were commonplace. This was mountain railroading at its very best.
Opened in 1929, on the eve of the Great Depression, traffic levels on the Modoc remained relatively low until 1945. Then, as the nation's service men returned home from the war, this sleeping giant came to life to fill the insatiable demand created by the unprecedented levels of housing starts nationwide. This was just what the Modoc had been built for, and, as a result, an ever-increasing volume of Oregon lumber began moving eastward. During the years that followed, as many as seven tonnage trains might move out of Oregon in a single day. Moving by train-order authority (without benefit of CTC or even block signals) and employing worn out steam locomotives that had been cast off from their main line assignments, crews made do with what they had to work with to get over the road.
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