californias-salton-sea-a-rail-photo-galleryhttps://www.trains.com/trn/railroads/history/californias-salton-sea-a-rail-photo-gallery/California's Salton Sea: A rail photo gallery | Trains MagazineGo 232 feet below sea level, where the weather is some of the most searing on EarthInStockUSD1.001.00historyrailroadsarticleTRN2020-11-232013-01-2518876
Go 232 feet below sea level, where the weather is some of the most searing on Earth
The Salton Sea in Southern California was formed in 1907 when men tried to redirect Colorado River irrigation canals and caused a two-year flood. It spans the intersection of two great deserts: the Mojave to the north and the Sonoran to the south and west. Summer temperatures routinely hover at 120 degrees.
In the 1950s and 1960s, developers tried to turn the sea into a marine resort. Instead it evolved into a rich and fragile ecosystem, as well as an oasis for birds.
Union Pacific’s Yuma Subdivision follows this accidental sea, and the area sees up to 35 trains a day. Read about UP’s booming Sunset Route in the March 2013 issue of Trains magazine, and check out additional photos right here.
Framed by Mount San Jacinto and the lower Coachella Valley, No. 7899 rolls east through North Shore, Calif., and begins its run beside the Salton Sea on Oct. 26, 2012.
The conductor of No. 8121 gives a good roll-by to a passing westbound at Bertram in 2011. These meets will largely end when UP finishes its double-tracking project along the sea.
From the old Eagle Mountain line, a westbound crosses the new north track Salt Creek bridge on Oct. 28, 2012.
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IN 1957 I TOOK THE FOLLOWING EXTENDED TRIP ( I WAS A TELEGRAPH OPERATOR WITH C N R ) ALL THESE TRIPS DOEN WITH PASSES AND I PAID EXTRA FARE ON SOME TRAINS.
EXCUSE ALL CAPS AS AT 82 YEARS OLD EYESIGHT IS NOT 20-20
FROM WINNIPEG MANITOBA I RODE NORTHERN PACIFIC #14 FROM EMERSON JCT MANITOBA FOR A COUPLE HOURS IN THE ENGINE UP TO GRAND FORKS
AT GRAND FORKS ND I CAUGHT G.N. WESTERN STAR TO SPOKANE STAYED OVER NIGHT AND TOOK G N TRAIN TO THE WEST COAST EN ROUTE TO WHITE ROCK B.C. VIA G N
FROM WHITE ROCK ( VANCOUVER B C ) TO VICTORIA THEN TO SEATTLE BY BOAT
THENCE FROM SEATTLE SOUTHWARD VIA CITY OF PORTLAND ( I THINK )TO PÔRTLAND AND THEN è SHASTA DAYLIGHT È TO MARTINEZ CA AND ON TO SAN FRANCISCO
FROM THERE TO NEW ORLEANS VIA SOUTH PACIFIC TRAIN THAT LEFT SAN FRANCISCO AT NIOGHT – FROM PALM SPRINGS TO YUMO I RODE IN THE ENGINE PAST THE SALTON SEA…..
FROM NEW ORLEANS I TOOK I C TO CHICAGO BUT RODE IN THE ENGIONE FROM NEW ORLEANS TO JACKSONVILE ( I THINK IT WAS )
FROM CHICAGO TO DETROIT THEN TO TORONTO
TORONTO & RETURN VIA C N THEN I BOT A CADILLAC AND DROVE BACK TO MANITOBA
I WISH I HAD KEPT BETTER RECORDS OF THIS TRIP WITH ITS MANY MANY INTERESTING AND OUT OF THE ORDINARY HAPPENINGS
ALL THE RAILROAD PEOPLE I MET WERE JUST AS FRIENDLY AND HELPED ME TO GET A RIDE IN THE ENGINES
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IN 1957 I TOOK THE FOLLOWING EXTENDED TRIP ( I WAS A TELEGRAPH OPERATOR WITH C N R ) ALL THESE TRIPS DOEN WITH PASSES AND I PAID EXTRA FARE ON SOME TRAINS.
EXCUSE ALL CAPS AS AT 82 YEARS OLD EYESIGHT IS NOT 20-20
FROM WINNIPEG MANITOBA I RODE NORTHERN PACIFIC #14 FROM EMERSON JCT MANITOBA FOR A COUPLE HOURS IN THE ENGINE UP TO GRAND FORKS
AT GRAND FORKS ND I CAUGHT G.N. WESTERN STAR TO SPOKANE
STAYED OVER NIGHT AND TOOK G N TRAIN TO THE WEST COAST EN ROUTE TO WHITE ROCK B.C. VIA G N
FROM WHITE ROCK ( VANCOUVER B C ) TO VICTORIA THEN TO SEATTLE BY BOAT
THENCE FROM SEATTLE SOUTHWARD VIA CITY OF PORTLAND ( I THINK )TO PÔRTLAND AND THEN è SHASTA DAYLIGHT È TO MARTINEZ CA AND ON TO SAN FRANCISCO
FROM THERE TO NEW ORLEANS VIA SOUTH PACIFIC TRAIN THAT LEFT SAN FRANCISCO AT NIOGHT – FROM PALM SPRINGS TO YUMO I RODE IN THE ENGINE PAST THE SALTON SEA…..
FROM NEW ORLEANS I TOOK I C TO CHICAGO BUT RODE IN THE ENGIONE FROM NEW ORLEANS TO JACKSONVILE ( I THINK IT WAS )
FROM CHICAGO TO DETROIT THEN TO TORONTO
TORONTO & RETURN VIA C N THEN I BOT A CADILLAC AND DROVE BACK TO MANITOBA
I WISH I HAD KEPT BETTER RECORDS OF THIS TRIP WITH ITS MANY MANY INTERESTING AND OUT OF THE ORDINARY HAPPENINGS
ALL THE RAILROAD PEOPLE I MET WERE JUST AS FRIENDLY AND HELPED ME TO GET A RIDE IN THE ENGINES
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