Photo: Joseph Barnett;
Courtesy Yosemite National Park Research Library
December 1937 - The Merced River went on a Rampage
Here the Bagby Bridge approaches were Damaged.

Photo: Joseph Barnett;
Courtesy Yosemite National Park Research Library
December 1937 - A Raging Merced River
Damage Wrought Upon the Yosemite Valley Railway Below El Portal

Photo Courtesy of: Ross Harper
December 1937 - Emory Station awash with flood waters
Note the hopper cars on the siding at left
Oposite side of river, south side, is the badly damaged California State Highway 140.

Photo Courtesy of: Ross Harper
December 1937 - West of Emory Station fast moving flood waters have damaged
Ca-SSR 140 and stranded automobiles on the "All Year Highway."
The YV's roadbed is also severely crippled along this section and into El Portal.