Just over 3 years after the abandonment announcement and about 3-1/2 years since the last trains, the center of the Tidewater Southern line is being removed by Union Pacific forces. The line from just south of McHenry (Claribel Road) through Modesto to Bonniefair (just south of the burned and removed Tuolumne River Bridge) is being torn out. This includes the famous TS location of Aurora where trains once traded electric power for steam and diesel. The abandonment also inc