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Does that house on the other side of the river have special access rights? They have the cable lines running across the river right to the tracks.Since the tracks are defunct now I guess it doesn’t really matter.Many years ago I was hiking up the railroad tracks on the Salmonberry River. A "car on rails" owned by the SP came down the tracks and the guy yelled at me that I was trespassing, but I was not on the tracks, I was at the riverside. He "knew" that I had to have walked the tracks to get there. He yelled at me to come up to the tracks so I could write him a ticket, and I replied something about an anatomically impossible move. He finally gave up and drove off. He was a fat oaf and it was too much trouble for him to hike 100 yards down the hill to where I was. The thing was, that line saw a single train per week, loaded with lumber from Tillamook, so safety wasn't the issue. That rail line was later destroyed in a flood, too bad.
Excellent post! The fore mentioned tragedy is exactly why the railroads don't allow trespassing. Even though CSX refused to grant permission to the film crew, they did it anyway. As a result, the family of the deceased young assistant camera person was able to get jury verdicts from CSX for 3.9 million, and even Rayonier LP for several million, because Rayonier had freight on board.In 2014 a crew was filming a movie about Greg Allman with a scene set up on a narrow railroad trestle. The production company had been denied permission to film on railroad property. The scene (dream sequence)was set up with a bed straddled across the tracks with the star William Hurt in the bed as Greg Allman. Along came a train at 58 mph and the crew scattered including Hurt who barely made it off the tracks on time. A female camera woman tragically did not make it. Needless to say it was the end of the director's career. The video available on the internet is shocking.
A minor flyfishing related thread hijack...In 2014 a crew was filming a movie about Greg Allman with a scene set up on a narrow railroad trestle. The production company had been denied permission to film on railroad property. The scene (dream sequence)was set up with a bed straddled across the tracks with the star William Hurt in the bed as Greg Allman. Along came a train at 58 mph and the crew scattered including Hurt who barely made it off the tracks on time. A female camera woman tragically did not make it. Needless to say it was the end of the director's career. The video available on the internet is shocking.
He died too young...a real shame.A minor flyfishing related thread hijack...
I met WIlliam Hurt one evening... we were both flyfishing at the Black Butte Ranch trout pond. Had a nice chat about flyfishing. He was there with his kids and was headed to the McKenzie, I recall. Hooked and landed a nighthawk on a dry fly that evening too.
No kidding. I knew a guy in Tacoma who got killed that exact same way about a decade agoTracks are most dangerous when more than one set is present. The first one passes and you don't hear or see the second one.
In this ever inclusive and equitable quagmire we now live, you’d think they’d jump right on this…^^^…!!!I guess I'm guilty, as far as I've been concerned railroads and fishing highways, what with them paralleling all the f'n rivers in the state. I actually have a gripe with them, at 6'3 my strides are in between the ties. I go on a tie, off a tie, on a tie, off a tie. I've written letters to no avail trying to have them spaced more appropriately for my stride.
For that matter, it’d be considerate if they could leave some of these around for us to use.I guess I'm guilty, as far as I've been concerned railroads and fishing highways, what with them paralleling all the f'n rivers in the state. I actually have a gripe with them, at 6'3 my strides are in between the ties. I go on a tie, off a tie, on a tie, off a tie. I've written letters to no avail trying to have them spaced more appropriately for my stride.