First shots at Redding (2 of 2) - a photo on Flickriver

            On the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend 1986, my friend Mike Devlin and I headed south from Klamath Falls, Oregon for a day of railroad photography. Our goal was to shoot Southern Pacific around Redding and the lower Sacramento River Canyon. I had a new Subaru wagon that would have 500 additional miles on it by the end of the day.

One of our prime targets was the massive trestle at Redding. It is the south (SP railroad west) end of the line change built to accommodate the Shasta Dam project. In a very real way, the bridge also marks a major transition in the Southern Pacific. To the south, Redding is the first of a seemingly endless number of cities that stretch all the way to Bakersfield. Aside from a short grade near Red Bluff, SP's billiard table railroading through California's Big Valley begins at the south end of the Redding trestle. North of the bridge, SP's Shasta Route begins the curves and grades that mark most of the railroad north to Eugene. 

At mid-morning, we caught a lumber drag making the 'aerial approach' to downtown Redding. Although I had seen the trestle many times, this was the first time I watched a train cross the structure. Seeing a manifest freight passing 100 feet over you is quite an impressive sight.

Taken in: United States / California / Redding (show map)

Taken on: May 24, 1986

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Camera: Plustek OpticFilm 8200i (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Plustek OpticFilm 8200i
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 15.0 (Windows)
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