Lee, there is a siding about half way up the line. I asked the original owners about it. They told me at one time they ran both steam trains all day and they built the siding so they could pass each other. When we moved here eight years ago the one train was almost empty most of the time. The last owners didn't care about the train. There were three derailments that I know about in one year. On one of the last runs I was filming before they shut down the last time. A coupler fell apart just before we crossed the trestle. We had to slowly back down to the engine house with men working the hand brakes of the cars. Four of us had to search the high brush for parts of a coupler. We collected enough parts to make a coupler. The passengers thought it great fun watching us for about an hour. Don
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