The West Portal of Tunnel 18 - Looking east through Tunnel 18. The wooden trestle at Goat Canyon is nearly a mile behind us and the former station at Dos Cabezas lies 6 track miles ahead... (more)
The Little Engine that Can't - A forlorn Alco S-4 switcher sits facing the gorge on a house track in the yard at Jacumba.
Spring in the Carrizo Gorge - Looking into the gorge from near the tracks, two wrecked box cars cling to the steep canyon wall. The cars derailed in an accident in the 80’s where the... (more)
The East Entrance to Tunnel 8 - Looking east out of the darkness of Tunnel 8, the longest tunnel on the Desert Line, an old steel water tank is visible on the right. The tank is about 8 ... (more)
Ghost in the Machine - What is left of UP 669, a EMD GP38-2 sits forlornly in the yard Jacumba Station attached to a small, equally dilapidated Alco switcher. Available pictures show th... (more)
West Portal of Tunnel 9 - Looking through the west portal of Tunnel 9, towards the west portal of Tunnel 10. This railroad was embargoed in 2008 and there have been no trains running on... (more)
Carizzo Gorge Siding - 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 20... (more)
East Portal of Tunnel 7 - Carrizo Gorge - Tunnel 7 collapsed at some point after the Goat Canyon Trestle was built and and before 1949 (the dates on the track). Instead of clearing and r... (more)
Two Cars Back - A set of five (5) former Chicago Northwestern (CNW) commuter cars that were acquired by Chicago Metra (METX) and later sold as surplus lies derailed across the turnout at Du... (more)
End of Dubbers Spur - Like the end of the wye at Ferum California, the end of Dubbers Spur makes use to the natural topography of the land forms to provide the spur with a bump stop to keep... (more)
Pano at 97 - A panorama view of the road bed looking eastward from Mile Post 97.
This F7B has been pretty much sitting in this spot for a decade or so now, awaiting its fate.
A former SP S4 and a former UP GP40 await an unknown fate at the former Carrizo Gorge Railway yard in Jacumba CA on the Mexico border.
Jacumba, Ca 1/31/15.
