Sierra Northern hasn't renewed it lease from Watsonville Jct., CA to Davenport from and it is going back to UP - possibly they will file for abandonment - but if in the meantime you would like an engineers view of the entire 32 mile branch in 1 mile segments, take a look at <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://santacruztrail.org/railtrail/?page_id=255">http://santacruztrail.org/railtrail/?page_id=255</a><!-- m -->

What a shame. I know someone who works out there, and I guess he'll be out of a job if he isn't already.