California Northern Railroad Hamilton Branch

The California Northern Railroad
Hamilton Branch - Holly Sugar Plant

mp 170 (Holly Sugar) to mp 180 (Wyo)


Bulk fertilizer loads arrive weekly	Fertilizer cars are shoved into this spur

"You left your hankie down here, Tim"	The Wilber Ellis fertilizer wholesaler leases the A-frame building in the background

After working the fertilizer spur, the Thunderbolt pulls forward into the massive Hamilton Yard	Next up is the Sierra Nevada spur. Yes, Sierra Nevada as in the best microbrewery in the West

"The tumbleweeds will not be a problem"	"I really miss FRED"

Its work here done for the day, the Thunderbolt heads out of Hamilton City

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(All photos these pages taken October 2006)