Dropping cars in flooded North Yard, Modesto
Rainfall in Modesto during the winter of 1966-67 was above average at 14.68 inches, compared to an overall average of 12.79. Not a huge amount of total rainfall for the year, but that doesn't mean it didn't come down in intense episodes. January, at least, was a pretty wet month as indicated by this image. Modesto, and the entire San Joaquin Valley are pretty flat, so when rains are abundant, the water takes a while to infiltrate into the soil. Standing on the ties that attach the switch stand to the rails, the groundsman keeps his feet dry as a dutch drop is made in the flooded North Yard on the Tidewater Southern. The stadium lights in the background are at Modesto Junior College. The image reflected tends to make an arse-kicker out of the boxcar.
Dropping cars in flooded North Yard, Modesto
Rainfall in Modesto during the winter of 1966-67 was above average at 14.68 inches, compared to an overall average of 12.79. Not a huge amount of total rainfall for the year, but that doesn't mean it didn't come down in intense episodes. January, at least, was a pretty wet month as indicated by this image. Modesto, and the entire San Joaquin Valley are pretty flat, so when rains are abundant, the water takes a while to infiltrate into the soil. Standing on the ties that attach the switch stand to the rails, the groundsman keeps his feet dry as a dutch drop is made in the flooded North Yard on the Tidewater Southern. The stadium lights in the background are at Modesto Junior College. The image reflected tends to make an arse-kicker out of the boxcar.