My father, R.R. McCarthy was the engineer on the Santa Cruz local for 15 or more years. Buzz Sawyer was the conductor and Danny Rowan the brakeman. They were quite a team. All long retired and the branch is pretty much gone.

Awesome video! I have read a lot about this railroad. Too bad the customer in Davenport shut down.

Thanks! This train no longer exists any more, they shut down the cement plant in Davenport, California where this train would run to so now its gone.

Cool video. Sounds like someone is asking you quite a lot of questions though.

Thanks! Yeah those were homeless people.

I forgot just how many loads they used to haul through there! Would love to see some film of SP action in Santa Cruz. I wrote a song about the SP on the Zayante Branch: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f691hrKU3J3JZ3k.htmlm59s

That was a long train.

that's really kool action

This was a great line for the local graffiti artists too. Lots of famous pieces on this line.

Do trains still run on this track?

I wonder what happened to those Santa Cruz local freight trains

That's nice.especially to stand that close to a train.everytime i stand beside one i want to get closer to it.how did the train stop running?,how duz it not exist anymore?.