Afternoon Light on the Southside of the Goat Canyon Trestle - [Gorge Ride 2017 Series] - Built in 1932 to by pass a tunnel that had collapsed in an earthquake (located to the right, out o... (more)

Looking at the East Portal of Tunnel 9 from the West Portal of Tunnel 10 - [Gorge Ride 2017 Series] - Looking west at the East Portal of Tunnel 9 from the West Portal of Tunnel 10. Tun... (more)

Yellow Rabbit Bush - [Gorge Ride 2017 Series] -Yellow Rabbit Bush from the unusually wet Winter of 2017.

Rock Fall Between Tunnel 13 and 14 - [Gorge Ride 2017 Series] -Rocks on the tracks from the unusually wet Winter of 2017.

Looking Westward from Between Tunnel 14 and 13 - [Gorge Ride 2017 Series] -One of the many vistas on the Desert Line, this one between Tunnels 13 and 14.

Red Barrel Cactus and the Seven Sisters - [Gorge Ride 2017 Series] -A trio of Red Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus cylindraceus) frame the view of the seven smaller trestle bridges east of Goat ... (more)

Yucca at Goat Canyon - [Gorge Ride 2017 Series] -Yucca (Yucca whipplei) on the wall of Goat Canyon with the great wooden trestle in the background. The tank car on the hillside is part ... (more)

The West Portal of Tunnel 8 - [Gorge Ride 2017 Series] -Air vent tubes from the 2004 rebuild of Tunnel 8, lie outside the west end of the bore between the west portal of 8 and the east por... (more)

Inside View of TPHX 801 - I found this siding listed as "Carrizo Gorge Siding" on an old topo map of the area and it is not referenced in my copy of the Altamont California Region Timetable... (more)

Wooden Car - [Summer Solstice 2015 +7 Series] - A former wooden Southern Pacific car that was used by the SD&AE as a dormitory when building the Desert Line sits on blocks at the station in... (more)

The 1:1 Scale Weathering Project in Progress at Jacumba - [2015 Summer Solstice +7 Series] -A Tren Turistico Del Noroeste (Tourist Train of the Northwest) Caboose at Jacumba "weathers" d... (more)

Summer Evening at Jacumba - [Summer Solstice 2015 +7 Series] - Built as MoPac 2169, what is left of UP 669, an EMD GP38-2 sits forlornly in the yard Jacumba Station attached to a small, equ... (more)

[Plate 525] Slow Death in the Desert - [Summer Solstice 2015 +7 Series] - With the Tamarisk trees in the background, these three wooden Southern Pacific chair cars slowly sucumb to the elem... (more)

Boxed In on the Right - Looking west at the rock wall across the gorge and back, towards Tunnel 7.

East Portal of Tunnel 6 - Looking back at the east portal of Tunnel 7. Mile post 98 is about 0.3 miles in the opposite direction and this area is two track miles from our jump off point ... (more)