The Dry Creek Trestle was not damaged just by trees burning below it. The trestle had a ballast deck that would have a solid wood floor that held the ballast and track structure.
Once these creosote timbers caught fire and with air readily available to feed the fire like flogs on a grate, it...
Those two former Amtrak cars were most likely the former Northern Pacific Diner 460 and Water-Baggage 409 going to the Northern Pacific Railway Museum in Toppenish, Wash. They are expected to arrive in Toppenish this coming week.