It is wild that the boxcar colors just blend into the landscape so well. What a sad background story-- first day on the job? Ouch!! This railway is so interesting.
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I find it interesting that this car is so much less photographed than the other two Southern Pacific cars that are over the side in the middle of the Seven Sisters (a set of seven smaller trestle bridges in between Goat Canyon and Dos Cabezas). Perhaps the lack of publicity it is because it is easier to miss this car while cruising along the ROW. As an FYI, somewhere down the hill in this area are a couple of semi truck trailers from the same incident that belonged to the Coors Beer Company.
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What rugged country. It looks like a person is lucky to make it out of there without snakebites, a sunstroke, or nearly dying of thirst.
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You do have to pay attention to where you step in the desert (like the forest) and at this time of year, one doesn't just walk willy nilly through the brush because there are plenty of snakes, black widow spiders (got a picture of a really nice one eatting a moth near the wheel of one of those TPHX coaches parked in the gorge) and scorpions. And yes, it did get into the low 90's by the afternoon on this trip when we started back to Jacumba. Luckily I had enough water stowed on board the bicycle to stay hydrated, but it was along pedal back up the 2% grade for more than seven miles - I was not having fun at that point, but hey, I survived and plan on doing it again sometime this Fall. Thanks for viewing these photos and leaving comments.
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| Posted by CSXNick on April 18, 2015 | |
Very interesting picture and story! Hard to believe that boxcar has been laying there for 50 years! I'm surprised that the paint is still so yellow on it I would think it would be very faded by now. Especially with the bright sun always beating on it.
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