End of an Era

Davis Cut, Fernley & Lassen
Davis Cut near Johnstonville of the Fernley & Lassen Railroad, 1912

In the fall of 2006, a major event occurred that went largely unnoticed. The last segment of rails from the Fernley & Lassen Railroad from Susanville to Wendel were removed. The railroad had such a major impact on the region and its final passing was relegated to a mere footnote. The local press did not even make a note of it.

Rails piled up at the defunct Leavitt Station, November 24, 2006

The whole process of dismantling the line was done in segments. In 1970, the first segment to go was from Fernley to Flanigan. In 1955, the segment from Susanville to Westwood was shuttered, but not abandoned. That came in 1976, and then the rails were removed in 1981 as the conversion process of Rails to Trails.

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