The Gaping Maw of Tunnel 16 - The rail line through the Carrizo Gorge was constructed starting in 1906 and it opened in 1919. Looking at Tunnel #16 with the switch for the Tunnel #15 Sp... (more)

In the Seven Sisters - Looking eastward towards Dos Cabezas from the middle of the Seven Sisters Bridges on the Desert Line.

The Wooden Caboose in Crescent City - [Plate 400] - Forlorn and all alone, this caboose from the long defunct Crescent City & Smith River RR sits by the Rabbit building at the Del Norte Cou... (more)

Off the Edge at 106 - One of the many S turns in the track running through the Carrizo Gorge.

Into the Worm Hole - Looking into the eastward approach to Tunnel #17 on the desert line in the Carrizo Gorge.

Tunnel 9 - Construction started in 1906 and the line opened in 1919 (most of the rail in the gorge dates from 1914 – 1915). The original money to build the line was surreptitiously sup... (more)

48' UP Areo Wedge - Designed by UP employees to reduce drag on the forward end of a double stack train, the areo wedge was "[y]ears in development, [and] the Arrowedge® is the latest innov... (more)

Rogoza - At 175 feet below sea level, Rogoza sits atop the border of the Imperial and Coachella Valleys near the Salton Sea. Most of the area lying beyond the sign is lower than sea level... (more)

Abandon - Located in the Sonoran Desert in Southern most part of Anza Borego State Park (San Diego County) the gorge is a geological wonder indeed. The desert line that runs through the C... (more)

Top of the Wye at Ferrum - Looking at the top of the wye at Ferrum California. Loads of iron ore in open gondolas were brought to the small yard at Ferrum located along the Southern Pacif... (more)

(#375) Disney Couldn't have Done it Better - I was amazed while walking through the gorge at the rocks and the tunnels and the cliffs and high banked walls. It just seemed like the Disney... (more)

Goat Canyon Trestle - West Approach - Built in 1932 to by pass a tunnel that had collapsed in an earthquake (located to the right, out of the frame) the trestle at Goat Canyon in the Carri... (more)

The Wall at 106 - One of the many S turns in the track running through the Carrizo Gorge. This line has been under an embargo order and there has not been regularly scheduled traffic o... (more)

Looking South Into Mexico - The abandoned water tower at Dos Cabezas California (San Diego County) sits in the Sonoran Desert in Southern most part of Anza Borego State Park as monument o... (more)

Looking towards Dos Cabezas from outside the gorge at Tunnel #21 - Behind me, Tunnel #21 leads to the gorge side of the Jacumba Mountains. This line has been under an embargo order an... (more)