The Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail, named for the congressman who played a major role in its creation, follows the original course of the western and more scenic part of the Fernley and Lassen branch line. Part of the Southern Pacific, this was a timber railroad that declined with the industry. It was finally abandoned in 1978. The trail runs some 25.4 miles from its eastern end in Susanville to its western end north of Westwood at Mason Station, where it joined the main line (which still exists). The total…
