Western Railroad Discussion > UP From Picacho Peak, Red Rock Site

I hiked to the top of Picacho Peak in Arizona. This is near the site where UP wants to build a new yard. Its a great place to spend the day. The trail is not for those afraid of heights but is fun to do.
1. WB with I-10 and trailer park.
2. UP inspection train a few weeks ago

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1. Looking west towards Picacho Jct.
2 general area

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I beleive the area where the fields are will be the site of the new yard. The fields arelooking east towards Tucson.

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It would be nice if we can drive to the very top. Great shots!

I find it distressing that there are no ostrich pictures, other than that, cool view!

Out

I think there's a business opportunity here, combining the two previous posts: Ostrich rides to the top!

Picacho's a great hike, looking down at the Sunset route and occasionally looking down at small airplanes flying by. I for one couldn't be happier that we might be able to look over a rail yard from the top of it someday. What the NIMBY's have against that is beyond me...

callum_out Wrote:
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> I find it distressing that there are no ostrich
> pictures, other than that, cool view!
>
> Out

Wow, looks like something Cajon92 would do! I take it the park is open again; nice shots.

Tom

Beautiful Photography and thanks for going the extra mile! What is the difference in elevation between the top and bottom? How long was the hike?

The first (to my knowledge) pics from this vantage. Thanks for the effort. Nice post.

Made the hike 45 years ago but didn't have a camera. So many thanks for these fantastic pictures. Hadn't heard about the proposed UP yard there so keep us posted on that. As I recall, Picacho Peak is notable in that it is the only site in Arizona where a Civil War battle was fought.

Rich

VERY NICE...!!