Eagle Point Railroad Forest Fire
On Sunday, March 23rd we received word that a forest fire had broken out near the Eagle Point Railroad in Dunlap, TN. Here is part of the email that we received:
Today was not a good day for the Eagle Point Railroad and Chattanooga Society of Model Engineers. We had some wind gusts along with a wild fire that started down below us. The fire ended up going up the canyon just below the railroad and continued up the ravine. While our roundhouse, shop, carbarn and depot were spared along with a few remote steel carbarns, we’ve incurred quite a lot of fire damage….
As of now, the fire has continued up the ravine and is being attended to by the local fire service along with some air drops. Larry and Diane Taylor (railroad owners) along with a member husband and wife that live just below the railroad are all safe. The following photo album contains photos of members that drove to see it from a vista point just outside of Dunlap along with photos taken by Barry Garard as he helped Larry attend to remaining hot spots.
If you would like, please share this email and photos with your membership. We’ll be assessing the damage that this fire has caused, and we’ll be formulating a plan to recover. If you have any members that might wish to help, please let us know.
We will continue to share more information as it becomes available. For those that are interested in helping please contact Robby for more details.
