Interesting Points along the Way
       Barrett Bridge - which carries the railroad across the reservoir. An all steel structure resting on sturdy piers of mass concrete. The track over the bridge is 236 feet above low water mark; at flood season the water is sometimes within a few feet of the roadbed. As your train crosses this great man-made lake, you get perhaps the best view of this great irrigation project which is creating untold wealth in the fertile valley lands below.
       The Railroad crosses the Merced River for the second time within 36 miles.