Archive for February, 2014
The Betteravia Branch of the SMVRR
by admin on Feb.22, 2014, under Friends-SMVRR, SMVRR
The Friends of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad toured the Betteravia Branch of the railroad today. The line was constructed from Guadalupe in the late 1800s to serve the Union Sugar Mill in Betteravia. We visited three stations along the way – Iremel, Bragur, and Barsug – which were primarily beet dumps. We also visited the Green Canyon Trestle, did a quick run of the Betteravia townsite tour, and toured Caboose #210 at the Guadalupe Amtrak station. Check it all out here: http://friends-smvrr.org/140222.html
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All Aboard!
The rails of a railroad track are kept shiny on the top by the regular passage of trains. Thus, "To Shiny Rails" is the battle cry of my personal effort to keep railroading activities of all kinds available to as many people as possible. It's tantamount to exclaiming "Keep those trains a rollin'!". And with any luck at all, I'll personally be on as many of those trains as possible! To shiny rails, Jamie
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