Matt Starman and Tim Stricker 128 pages softcover
The city of Yreka was determined to have a railroad. When the Southern
Pacific Railroad decided in 1883 to bypass Yreka, the citizens
constructed their own railroad known as the Yreka Railroad Company. This
railroad managed to eke out a living over the next few decades. In the
1930s, the railroad was reincorporated as the Yreka Western Railroad. By
the mid-1930s, the railroad went bankrupt and was forced into
receivership, and a new manager was put in charge. Through perseverance
of the new manager, the railroad began to grow and prosper. By the late
1970s, the railroad once again started to decline, but as in the past,
it managed to hold on. In 1986, the railroad started an excursion train
known as the Blue Goose, and steam locomotive No. 19 was added in 1989.
Throughout all the hardships, the railroad still continues today and has
been given the nickname the Little Railroad that Refuses to Die.