Boulder Creek News
Volume 2 Issue 3
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Flooding Takes It’s Toll On Town and Railroad
By: Jim Scholvich
As most most residents know, the north state was drenched with rain this past week, making some roadways impassible, homes to be evacuated, and also bringing the re-construction of the Boulder Creek & Western Railroad to a grinding halt. Out of all this, the railroad was the most affected. The roadbed area in which they prepared 2 weeks ago for the new rock or ballast in railroad terms to be put in was damaged. Matt Starman, president of the railroad, had this to say “Our ballast trench turned into out own personal creek!” he said chuckling "This was not a good thing, the land was eroded so on some parts of the railroad down to ground level, so unforunatly that will have to be dug out again. This weather has seriously put us behind schedule on track laying, but we are still shooting for the May 15th opening day as set by commisioner Capt.Carrales. Track laying ahould begin on Monday when the weather should warm up. He also went on to say that the construction towards the town of Boulder Creek will begin in June and that they were lucky that the actual Boulder Creek itself did not flood to bad.
Overall, the rain was really no good for anyone. Resident Rodger Fisher commented “Just more weeds to grow and cause another fire up here”. It would not have been to bad, except no one was prepared for the terencial rains