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From: wje@daisy.UUCP (William J. Earl)
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Subject: Re: Passenger service Willits-Eureka CA
Message-ID: <127@daisy.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 3-Oct-85 03:18:58 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  3 03:18:58 1985
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Reply-To: wje@daisy.UUCP (William J. Earl)
Organization: Daisy Systems Corp., Mountain View, Ca
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In article <1099@dual.UUCP> paul@dual.UUCP (Baker) writes:
>Last Labour Day, I travelled from Willits to Eureka and back on the
>"North Coast Daylight".

My family and I also travelled on the North Coast Daylight to and
from Eureka, and greatly enjoyed the trip.  Lunch can be delayed,
particularly if you have a reservation for one of the later 
seatings.  Getting a reservation for the first seating solves
most of the problem.  For the stay overnight in Eureka, I recommend
the Eureka Inn, an old, but refurbished, hotel, which was very
nice.  

I spoke to an officer of the Redwood Coast Railway while on the
train.  He said that they might keep running into November,
if the rains hold off, but they would have to stop during
the rainy season, since they were concerned that the rain-softened
roadbed might not hold up under the weight of the passenger
train.  The Eureka Southern right-of-way cost about $10000 per
mile per year to maintain during the last several years of
Northwestern Pacifc operation, largely due to the unstable
geology of the route.  

Next year, there may be some midweek excursions, with two
or three days stopover in Eureka, which is quite a pleasant
town.  There might well be day trips on the train to Arcata
and other nearby points.

-- 
	William J. Earl
	Daisy Systems Corporation, Mountain View, CA


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