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Along The Line:
Lake Britton |
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Overview of Lake Britton in 1982. The Highway 89 bridge is just behind the photographer. Visible are the short spur and then the big bridge over Lake Britton.
John A. Dixon photo, Jeff Moore collection. |
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#39 and #37 leading a McCloud bound freight over the Highway 89 bridge in January 1991. Steven D. Moore photo. |
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#38 crossing the same bridge in June 2000. Travis Berryman photo. |
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#29, #28, and #25 leading the Burney Gold Spike Special over the newly completed Lake Britton bridge on 3 July 1955. This impressive seven
span structure measured 464 feet long and rose to a height of 60 feet above the normal water levels of the lake. Jeff Moore collection. |
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#39 leads two of the SD38s with a Burney bound train across the bridge on 8 August 1987. Keith E. Ardinger photo. |
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#37 crossing the bridge with a McCloud bound freight in June 2006. Jeff Moore. |
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The bridge is best known for the staring role it played in the 1986 movie Stand By Me. Fans of the movie have left tributes to the film and the late River Phoenix, one of
the movie's stars, on concrete blocks placed to block access to the bridge. Making the structure safe for pedestrians is one of the biggest challenges associated with opening this part of the Great Shasta Rail
Trail. July 2014. Jeff Moore. |
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