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California Western 45 photo special eastbound at the first crossing of the Noyo River, 2009. The California Western Railroad (reporting mark CWR), AKA Mendocino Railway, popularly called the Skunk Train, is a rail freight and heritage railroad transport railway in Mendocino County, California, United States, running from the railroad's headquarters in the coastal town of Fort Bragg to the ...
California Western Railroad No. 45 is an operating 2-8-2 logging "Mikado" type steam locomotive, located at the California Western Railroad, a.k.a. the world-famous Skunk Train, in Fort Bragg, California.
Willits station is a train station in Willits, California. It is the east end of California Western Railroad , which operates Skunk Train excursion service between Willits and Fort Bragg . History
Fort Bragg is the western terminus of the California Western Railroad (otherwise known locally as the "Skunk Train"). Steam passenger service was started in 1904, and then extended in 1911 through the Coast Redwood forests to the city of Willits , 40 miles (64 km) inland.
The company also ran one daily round trip passenger service to Fort Bragg — the Skunk Train. [43] By 1996, freight shipments had declined to the point that passenger excursions became the railroad's primary source of income.
The California Western Railroad (reporting mark CWR), popularly called the Skunk Train, is a freight and heritage railroad in Mendocino County, California, United States, running from the railroad's headquarters in the coastal town of Fort Bragg to the interchange with the Northwestern Pacific Railroad at Willits.
Willits is the eastern terminus of the California Western Railroad (otherwise known as the "Skunk Train"), running through the Coast Redwood forests to coastal Fort Bragg. The old redwood Willits Depot was built in 1915 by the Northwestern Pacific Railroad, a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific. It is registered as a National Historic Place. [42 ...
SRR #3 and #8, November 1979 SRR Shay #2 with an excursion train at Montezuma, California, 1979. The Sierra Railroad Corporation is a privately owned common carrier . Its Sierra Northern Railway freight division handles all freight operations for all branches owned by the Sierra Railroad.