Sanders Hill
Once upon a time, there was a great little magazine that covered contemporary railroading in the west. The editor once wrote an article about railfanning Southern Pacific's Shasta Route. In it, he raved about shooting morning westbounds pulling the grade to Tunnel 17 near Dorris, from the shoulder of adjacent US 97. This June 1988 image of the PTLAT at the site is a prime example of what he liked.
My friend and frequent railfanning companion at the time, Mike Devlin, loved to come up with unique names for railroad locations. After reading CTC Board Magazine's October 1984 opus on the Black Butte Subdivision, he named this short stretch of trackage in honor of the author: Sanders Hill.
Sanders Hill
Once upon a time, there was a great little magazine that covered contemporary railroading in the west. The editor once wrote an article about railfanning Southern Pacific's Shasta Route. In it, he raved about shooting morning westbounds pulling the grade to Tunnel 17 near Dorris, from the shoulder of adjacent US 97. This June 1988 image of the PTLAT at the site is a prime example of what he liked.
My friend and frequent railfanning companion at the time, Mike Devlin, loved to come up with unique names for railroad locations. After reading CTC Board Magazine's October 1984 opus on the Black Butte Subdivision, he named this short stretch of trackage in honor of the author: Sanders Hill.