Picked Switch (Derailment) at MP 96 - The first of a set of five (5) former Chicago Northwestern (CNW) commuter cars that were acquired by Chicago Metra (METX) and later sold as surplus lie... (more)
Rotting Away in the Desert Sun - Purchased by the Pacific Imperial Railway (aka PIR) the successor in interest to the Carrizo Gorge Railway, these three former Union Pacific GP40-2's sit ro... (more)
Inside View of METX 7773 at Dubbers Spur - On Dubbers Spur there sits a set of five (5) former Chicago Northwestern (CNW) commuter cars that were acquired by Chicago Metra (METX) and later ... (more)
Bridge at MP 95.9 - Looking down the main line of the Desert Line towards Dubbers Spur (where the cars are located) and Tunnel #5 where the line enters the gorge from the drop off point at ... (more)
Bridge Over Little Carrizo Creek Near Dubbers Spur - Goat Canyon trestle is is seven (7) track miles away and Dos Cabazas Station (on the other end of the gorge) is 13.7 track miles eastwar... (more)
Metra Cars on Dubbers Spur - After a short hike across the hill from Jacumba Road, the line of five former Chicago Metra cars come into view on Dubbers Spur. The track on the left is t... (more)
A former SP S4 and a former UP GP40 await an unknown fate at the former Carrizo Gorge Railway yard in Jacumba CA on the Mexico border.
Goat Canyon - The rail line through the Carrizo Gorge was constructed starting in 1906 and it opened in 1919. Here, an old Santa Fe hopper stands on a siding at Goat Canyon next to the ... (more)
The Gaping Maw of Tunnel 16 - The rail line through the Carrizo Gorge was constructed starting in 1906 and it opened in 1919. Looking at Tunnel #16 with the switch for the Tunnel #15 Sp... (more)
In the Seven Sisters - Looking eastward towards Dos Cabezas from the middle of the Seven Sisters Bridges on the Desert Line.
Jacumba, Ca 1/31/15.
Off the Edge at 106 - One of the many S turns in the track running through the Carrizo Gorge.
Into the Worm Hole - Looking into the eastward approach to Tunnel #17 on the desert line in the Carrizo Gorge.
Tunnel 9 - Construction started in 1906 and the line opened in 1919 (most of the rail in the gorge dates from 1914 – 1915). The original money to build the line was surreptitiously sup... (more)
