Rayl, California

[4][5] In 1917, Rayl tried to persuade the senators from California to establish a training base at the site, and while the proposal was supported by the surrounding states, it was not accepted.

[7] At about the same time, the NCO sold the right-of-way south of the junction to the Western Pacific, which took up the track and relaid it to standard gauge.

That train stop had been renamed Hackstaff and rail crews forced to eat there suffered food poisoning in July.

This relationship led to strife in 1922 when Rayl found accounting discrepancies with the postal receipts; he also had sold the goods in the store to Helman, but had received only half of the payment due.

[10] This was also the year when the NCO ended service between Rayl and Wendel and the Western Pacific moved its crews to Doyle.