CALIFORNIA RAILROAD COMMISSION

Decision No. 2162
IN THE MATTER OF THE WRECK ON THE LINE OF THE YOSEMITE VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY BETWEEN THE STATIONS OF MERGED FALLS AND EL PORTAL
Case No. 632.
Decided February 23, 1915.
Report of THE COMMISSION.

xxxxx The Commission having previously made an investigation and put into effect certain orders regarding the Yosemite Valley Railroad, and a reinspection of the line having been made, and it appearing that the track and roadway are now in such condition that the requirements of the commission's former orders are no longer necessary.

xxxxx It is hereby ordered that the Commission's previous orders in this case are hereby annulled, with the understanding that the Yosemite Valley Railroad Company will issue a new time card to carry speed restrictions as follows:

xxxxx "Freight trains will not exceed a speed of 25 miles per hour between Merced and Merced Falls, nor a speed of 20 miles per hour between Merced Falls and El Portal.
xxxxx "All trains will reduce speed to 8 miles per hour within yard at Exchequer, Jasper and Bagby.
xxxxx "Trains will not exceed a speed of 15 miles per hour through Box Canyon, between Goff and Exchequer, Mountain King and a point two (2) miles east of Bagby, and over Merced River bridges near Hopeton, Pleasant Valley, Bagby, North Fork, and Bridge 35-A."

xxxxx It is further understood that slow orders will be issued covering the following places:

Track west of Briceburg about a mile and one half in length. One quarter mile of track east of the west mile post at Exchequer. About a mile of track in the vicinity of Station 1530.
xxxxx It is further understood that thirty thousand (30,000) ties will be placed by the Yosemite Valley Railroad Company during the coming year, and also when the necessary repairs are made for the three stretches of track mentioned above and to be covered by slow orders, the company may remove these slow orders and resume its schedule over these points. Before the schedule is resumed, however, the company will notify the Commission that this work is done, and further inspection will be made if necessary.

xxxxx Dated at San Francisco, California, this 23rd day of February, 1915.