Wanted to share a couple of the RR gems that are still around in the Redlands/Loma Linda area (will, besides San Timeteo Canyon, of course).
First is the abandoned Pacific Electric bridge on the end of Mountain View.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=356013
Second is the new Heritage Park display, where a Tacoma Municipal Belt S4 is included.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=355947
Thanks for looking, and corrections are welcome.
Nice pics!
In the PE bridge picture, what is that black thing in the foreground in the middle of the tracks that sort of looks like a dwarf signal?
I like the bridge photo, and “+1” the comments there as to the composition and colors, etc. Nevertheless, I’d have considered taking about 1 step to the left to get that green bush out of the way of the bridge. You could still get the ‘in-line’ effect by lining up on / above the left rail instead, and I think that would have been enough to put the bush to the right of the bridge.
Any idea why do the ties/ bridge timbers in the foreground look like they had their middles cut out to create a gap like an undertrack pit ?
Thanks for sharing, once again !
Interesting shots, Charles!
I like the composition of the bridge shot,
(even the big bush poking up through the tracks)[8D]
In the second shot, maybe they will be using the property as a museum?
Thanks, for sharing them.
…Great shots, as usual. I agree with the poster on “just stepping a bit to the left”, to allow us to see thru and more of the bridge.
Looks like a flood might have swept thru there at some time with the rails pulled to the right.
Again, interesting and nice shots.
Chaz,
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Rixflix
Hello Rix.
Thanks for everyone’s comments. I do agree, I would like it better without the bush, but it’s not an easy spot for me to get back to. I am not seeing the dwarf, but wonder if what you are looking at isn’t just burned out ties? As to the cut section, I honestly have no idea. It’s a pretty clean cut. Maybe the fire department did it during the fire? I do think the entire bridge is leaning a little, probably from a flood, but I honestly just do not know.
I think the apparent dwarf signal is just the angles of the ‘black hole’ where the ties were cut - kind of looks like some dwarfs as seen from the side.
I too thought the fire dept. might have cut the ties to cut out the burning sections to prevent the fire from spreading deep down in side the ties, but I doubt if the fire was burning or there was otherwise a need to cut them in such neat straight lines on both sides. Then again, maybe the FD did do that - but to allow the firemen and hoses and ladders to get down to the underside of the bridge there to check for and/ or extinguish any fire down in the bridge timbers, pile bents and caps, bracing, etc. ?
I think the bridge is still level - the ‘forced perspective’ of the far bank receding to the right fools the eye into thinking that the bridge is tilted a wee bit.
I get the following Lat./ Long. coords. for about where you were standing to take the photo (per the ACME Mapper 2.0 application): N 34.08316 W 117.24375 (use the “Satellite” view, because in some of the “Hybrid” views the line-symbol for Mountain View Ave. is incorrectly shown as crossing the river here and obliterates the bridge). It’s across the Santa Ana River about 1/2 mile south of the San Bernardino Airport, and about 1-1/4 miles north on Mountain View Ave. from Exit 75 (?) for Mountain View Ave. off I-10/ Redlands Freeway, and about 2+ miles west of I-210.
With a little repair work, the bridge would be a good one for a rail-trail across the riverbed.
Thanks again for sharing. And Charles, you’ll have an opportunity to 'return the favor" [:-,] and critique some of my photos of a couple of PB&NE bridges sometime in the next few days . . .
The bridge photo: What a sight to behold! Thanks for sharing.
As a kid, I remember my dad driving in that area a few times, and can remember that bridge very well. Even the SP switch engines in the 4600 class that use to cross the bridge! They use to run cab forward through the bridge as they approached the future camera location. Oh, those were the days!
As far the Tacoma Municipal Belt Line Alco S4 photo … Where in the heck is that on display at? I’ve roamed the Inland Empire for years, and have never seen that beast!
Check the photo caption for more clues about the location and when the S4 showed up. It’s about 2 miles S x SE from the PE bridge - south on Mountain View Ave. for about 1-1/2 miles, then SE on Mission Rd. about 1/2 mile to: N 34.05690 W 117.23806 You can see it in the ACME Mapper 2.0’s “Satellite” or “Hybrid” views.
EDIT: Also in the background of the photo at the left side of this webpage:
http://lomalindahistory.org/index.html
A little bit of local railroad history - yet another “Dinky” ! - is at the bottom of this webpage:
http://lomalindahistory.org/Bicentennial.html
Of Pacific Electric, Boeing 747-8’s, and Martians
K.P. was out and about recently and personally photographed the subjects of this thread.
That old Pacific Electric Bridge is seen below.
In the background is San Bernardino International Airport (SBIA). A number of its aircraft are visible. While it is gone for a month, the bigger ‘Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental’ has been and will make further tests at SBIA when it returns.
A couple of slightly angled telephotos showing the rails through the bridge:
On the other thread matter … K.P. quickly found the Heritage Park that Erie Lackawanna mentioned, and it’s S4 on display.
Mission Rd. was an old road K.P. went down many times years ago to access San Timoteo Canyon. He never realized what the name was called … he just drove it.
The plot of land with buildings o