Historical Railway Line to reopen after being closed for about thirty years

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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The Carrizo Gorge Railway is to start hauling freight trains , through the
Carrizo Gorge, after being shut down for about 30 years. One cause was
tropical storm Kathleen in 1976, and a few years later fires in tunnel #8 and
15. Hopefully there will be passenger train excursions through the Carrizo
Gorge. for futher information go the Carrizo Gorge Railways website(www.
Carrizogorgerailway.com)

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This could not be better news.
Merry Christmas and Thamk You

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I ment, Thank You.
I must be suffering from rail fatigue or something.

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Article in today’s San Diego Union-Tribune:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20041231-9999-1m31train.html

A test boxcar load of lumber traveled to Tecate by way of the UP connection in the Imperial Valley. From the article:

"The business expects to begin regular revenue-generating freight service within a month, ramping up to three trains per day pulling 30 cars each. Among the goods expected to be transported are plastics, liquid petroleum gas and components for Baja California’s multi-billion-dollar maquiladora manufacturing industry.

"Currently, any goods that move by rail to and from San Diego, Tecate and Tijuana typically move to the overcrowded railhead at Los Angeles and then to the interior of the United States.

“Yesterday’s shipment of lumber originated in Dillard, Ore., and was carried to the railhead at San Bernardino, where it moved through Imperial Valley, across the Carrizo Gorge and past Campo into Mexico to be delivered to a furniture-making maquiladora operation near Tecate.”

Of course, I thought the EPA had banned rail heads, but I guess that’s for another thread.

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Heard rumors from over here in the east that some lines being closed need to be re-open too because of over saturation on the big roads.Its good to see regular trains run places again.
stay safe
Joe

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…Wonder how much maintenance and clearing it required to put a rail line back in service after being dormant so long…and what about the tunnels…? One would think it possible to have sizeable trees growing in the RoW in that amount of time.

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Brush, maybe, but most of the untraveled portion is desert with no trees occurring anywhere near the right of way. Aside from the tunnel work, there was a lot of re-ballasting and tie work done as well.

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…Thanks, Chuck…

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I went to Campo last October and rode the train to Miller Creek. As mentioned above there are no sizable trees; it is very arid there. There track passes through several cuts and fills, and there had been lots of brush clearing along the r-o-w.
Anyone planning a visit there would be wise to avoid the summer months as the temperature gets well above 100 degrees

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Wow.

Awsome to hear.

Always love to hear about more ROW coming back to life.

Long live Rail!