Hall Creek crossing over the years:
1968 - Bridge Collapse	1968 - Temporary Crossing
1968 - New Culvert	1984 - Permanent Culvert

The town of Merrillan lies between the meandering paths of the east and west forks of Halls Creek.  Although just a trickle today, the size of the culvert -- about sixteen feet in diameter -- is a testament to the never-ending battle with flooding that the railroad fought on the Whitehall Division.  The east fork was crossed by a plate girder bridge on high abutments before a 1968 derailment destroyed the bridge.

Bob Gile captured captured westbound Train No. 2 crossing the east fork of Halls Creek.  This is a simple scene just screaming to be captured on a model layout.  (As a civil engineer who appreciates both the potential of flood waters and the immense weight of trains over the stream, I can assure you that I will find a place to capture the essence of this scene on my layout.)