I’ve often thought the seven-year battle played out between the city of San Jose and a group of community advocates over an abandoned railroad trestle would make for a great public-policy case study about how not to manage a project. But Larry Ames — who led the unsuccessful fight to save the Willow Glen trestle — did one better by writing a book on the subject.

“The Willow Glen Trestle (1922-2020)” details the history of the picturesque Western Pacific wooden bridge that once spanned Los Gatos Creek near Coe Avenue and the fight to preserve it after San Jose officials decided to demolish it to complete a segment of the Three Creeks Trail.

“It is an epic, unique story in the history of the city,” said former Santa Clara County Supervisor Rod Diridon, a well-known expert on transportation

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