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Ghostly Reminder Iby ~The-Stealth-Ninja

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The remains of the first half of the upper trestle in Spring Canyon along the Roaring Camp & Big Trees tourist railway. This trestle was constructed when the railroad was built to spiral the track up the steepest part of the mountain (an 8-9% grade). It spanned across the canyon, and then looped back, up and over itself to get the track up the mountain. The trestle however, was burned in 1976 in a malicious arson attempt aimed at closing down the railroad. That attemt however did not work, as the railroad constructed a series of switchbacks (the train pulls up to a section, backs up another, then goes foreward up another) up the side of the mountain, to replace the trestle. The trestle was coated in creosote, so it burned easily and extremely hot. It flashed back four times in the process of putting out the fire. For those of you who don't know what that means, it means that they extinguished the fire four times, but it was so hot still, that it reignited itself. There was also a tool shed kept at the bottom of the trestle where various tools and other supplies were kept by the railroad; the fire got so hot, that the shed, along with its contents, were completely vaporized. There was no trace it even existed. Interestingly enough though, the fire never killed any of the surrounding Redwood trees. Their natural defenses against fire and heat protected them.

=SiddyGirl Aug 4, 2006

Love it all...

~The-Stealth-Ninja Aug 5, 2006 Hobbyist Photographer

Thanks.

~flanelandemotion May 2, 2005

Freakin redwoods, the most fascinating tree ever.

~eurai Mar 30, 2005 Hobbyist Photographer

By far my favorite of this series. It weaves in and out of nearby vegetation before protruding almost kinda magnificently from its surroundings. Fantastic angle and composition.

~The-Stealth-Ninja Mar 31, 2005 Hobbyist Photographer

Thank you, Derrington!

~lila-may-qt Mar 30, 2005

We've got a bunch of these in BC - well not as many - we had a fire in that part of the province a few years ago and it managed to get a lot of them ;_; But still cool. It's kinda like looking at history.

~The-Stealth-Ninja Mar 30, 2005 Hobbyist Photographer

It really is, I absolutely love that sort of stuff, ghost towns, old abandoned mines, abandoned railroad trackage, anyting old like that, it makes me think of all the people who were there before me, and the things that have happened there.

~lila-may-qt Apr 1, 2005

Me too

Where do you live anyway? Maybe you should coem up and visit

~The-Stealth-Ninja Apr 1, 2005 Hobbyist Photographer

I live in Socal, about a mile and a half from eurai.

~acela Mar 29, 2005

best in series, i remember when i was five and i went there in 91, they stopped the train and told us about it. i was scared the bridge would burn again and i cried... but i'll get back there someday and get some good photos. i mainly want to take color to get the sunlight and the greenery in.

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