Train bridge where they filmed a scene from "Stand By Me"

Train bridge where they filmed a scene from the movie "Stand By Me" 1 mi past McArthur Burney State Falls-24898 State Highway 89. Burney, CA. 96013, This was shot over lake Britton on the McCloud River Railroad's Lake Britton Bridge in Burney Falls State Park. The railroad passes over the lake just east of where Highway 89/299 does. Google earth coordinates for the bridge are :40*00'52.74" N
121*37'07.19" W

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[360Nomad]

Is the bridge still used?

[mountainman530]

@360Nomad From what I hear the rail's have been removed but the cross boards are still there. The line hasen't been used in years

[tiger1986able]

clearly the dude dunno what he's talkn bout coz i seen the movie and no1 was hurt and it's 100 ft according 2 the actors

[mountainman530]

@tiger1986able Lol, I was joking, no one broke their legs! Ya, its pretty high up, You wouldn't want to fall

[dmpraetzel]

@ trainlover & KLETUS98K- The railroad WAS The McCloud River Railroad, but in the last two or three years it has ceased operation & pulled up all of their tracks except for maybe eight or ten miles in the vicinity of Mt. Shasta city. As for the rails at the bridge site, they are gone, the bridge is still there, as are the wooden crossties that the rails sat upon ...

[mountainman530]

@dmpraetzel Thanks for the update!

[chillboi100]

lol what if you were to find verns comb washed up on land near there

[SouthernCresent722]

@mountainman530 You are correct

[anthonyandluke7730]

I don't think the bridge is gone, if you go on google earth and type in mcloud river railroad, you can still see it and google earth is recent

[T83Rkurtz5150]

@makinbigblooms did you know a jennifer kurtz or a kelly kurtz?

[Wolf9661]

When were the Rails Removed?

[makinbigbooms]

I actually grew up in Burney and used to party at the train bridge all the time, the matresses were actually buried in the ground and are still there. If you look in between the cross rails you can see the 2x4s they used to nail boards down so the actors would have a solid platform to run on. A lot of my friends used to jump off the bridge for fun and one girl broke her back from landing wrong in the water. For now Burney SUCKS!!!!

[b18cyacrxs]

DO you know Where the part filmed when Teddy Wanted to Play Chicken with the Train?

[Wolf9661]

@jackdanswe The Bridge is still there just without Tracks, sadly

[bondservant4Him]

good lookin railroad

[jackdanswe]

so is it gone by now (september 2011) or is the bridge still there? I know that the railroad is gone but is the bridge still there? if it is it would be great to go see it.

[tunnelboy777]

I'm not 100% positive, but this bridge may now be gone. An article in the Mail Tribune (southern Oregon newspaper) 3 years ago stated that the bridge will soon be gone. What a shame.