DAVE'S TRAINS AND TREES
~ 5 Mile Railroad ~
~ Newana, CA ~
Last Update: March 18, 2023
Back in the day. I find no pictures of the Newana/Ochre stop. Research indicates this is the original Camp Meeker stop. I will use this for the Newana stop.
The lake at Newana. H.A. Meeker (M.C. Meeker's son) established Camp Newana. He built a concrete dam on Dutch Bill Creek. It was reported that Meeker would feed the 16,000 German brown trout that he released in the lake.
Newana Lake dam. Part of the material that gave the dam its strength were rails given to Meeker by the railroad company from the first track from the North Pacific Coast Railroad (1877).
2023-03-15 5 Mile RR - Start of the Lake Newana area
Future layout photo