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Nostalgia & History > A where-iz-it from 1975...Date: 09/16/14 14:53 A where-iz-it from 1975... Author: the_expediter See how long this takes...Steve...Pic. courtesy of Late Ed Smith
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/16/14 15:26 by the_expediter.  Date: 09/16/14 14:56 Re: A where-iz-it from 1975... Author: callum_out Looks SD&AE.
Out Date: 09/16/14 15:04 Re: A where-iz-it from 1975... Author: the_expediter Right! But where?
Date: 09/16/14 15:07 Re: A where-iz-it from 1975... Author: zfan Old Modoc line?
Date: 09/16/14 15:11 Re: A where-iz-it from 1975... Author: iliketrains Oh Steve. That's the westbound daily freight from El Centro to San Diego leaving the Jacumba Station and going under Old Highway 80. In about 1/4 mile, the tracks will be about 50 feet from the USA/Mexico border. Next stop will be Campo for orders and perhaps lunch before dropping down thru Division into Mexico on the Tijuana & Tecate Railway.
Terrific line with LOTS and LOTS of history. It's the main story told by the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum in Campo. I've been the engineer on this segment of the San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway - both passenger and freight. Date: 09/16/14 15:15 Re: A where-iz-it from 1975... Author: the_expediter Give that man a rubber ducky!- THX, Steve
Date: 09/16/14 15:17 Re: A where-iz-it from 1975... Author: iliketrains I wish I had railfanned this line more - too busy building a railway museum to fan it.
Date: 09/16/14 15:22 Re: A where-iz-it from 1975... Author: 2720 Looks like right around MP 91.2 of the Desert Line of the SD&AE.
As iliketrains said, westbound SP freight, about 1/2 mile away from beginning its climb up the 2.2 percent grade to Hipass! Been over this line many times with PSRM, SDIV and CZRY!! Mike Date: 09/16/14 15:27 Re: A where-iz-it from 1975... Author: the_expediter The booming metropolis in the background is...Drumroll please...Jacumba, CA...
Date: 09/16/14 15:30 Re: A where-iz-it from 1975... Author: the_expediter Love the handcar turnout on right...
 Date: 09/16/14 15:32 Re: A where-iz-it from 1975... Author: the_expediter Crossing Campo Creek, east of Campo, CA.
 Date: 09/16/14 15:35 Re: A where-iz-it from 1975... Author: the_expediter Approaching Hwy. 94 at Campo...Thanks for playing...Rest in Peace, Big Ed Smith!- Steve
 Date: 09/16/14 15:38 Re: A where-iz-it from 1975... Author: iliketrains The big bridge is at Mile Post 77.27, and the westbound approaching Campo is at the east crossing of Highway 94, MP 67.2, now the beginning of yard Limits.
Date: 09/16/14 22:02 Re: A where-iz-it from 1975... Author: 2720 iliketrains Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > The big bridge is at Mile Post 77.27, and the > westbound approaching Campo is at the east > crossing of Highway 94, MP 67.2, now the beginning > of yard Limits. Are you sure about the photo at 67.2, it looks more like just east of La Posta Rd, MP 69.9! To me, the height of the fill and that corner of the field on the left side of the photo, looks like MP 69.9. I enjoy ALL your photos Steve! Mike Date: 09/16/14 23:12 Re: A where-iz-it from 1975... Author: the_expediter You're prob. right, Mike. Don't think Ed labelled the slides he took...I was the one that guessed where they were taken...Steve
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