On September 30th torrential rains flooded Tehachapi Creek, undermining the tracks under Santa Fe Engine No. 3834 as it waited out the storm about 1/2 mile east of Woodward Station. The engine disappeared into the raging water below and remained lost for two weeks, hidden under 10 feet of mud. It took one month to free the severely damaged engine, and its bell was never found. Almost three years after the flood, the newly refurbished engine returned to service as people lined the tracks in Tehachapi and Keene, waving and cheering as No. 3834 rolled by with its new bell ringing.