Thistle After Thistle Lake
Photographed eight months after temporary “Thistle Lake” had been drained from behind a massive mudslide, Amtrak’s California Zephyr traverses the Thistle Line Change, a route less than a year old at the time, on June 13, 1984. It was a treat to catch train activity along the new line that summer. You can discern the old lake shoreline where greenery meets dead vegetation, an area once flooded by Soldier and Thistle creeks.
Thistle After Thistle Lake
Photographed eight months after temporary “Thistle Lake” had been drained from behind a massive mudslide, Amtrak’s California Zephyr traverses the Thistle Line Change, a route less than a year old at the time, on June 13, 1984. It was a treat to catch train activity along the new line that summer. You can discern the old lake shoreline where greenery meets dead vegetation, an area once flooded by Soldier and Thistle creeks.