It May as Well be Mars - A westbound stack train lead by UP 8461 rolls through the Sonoran Desert at Salton next to the Salton Sea in Southern Riverside County.

Top of the Wye at Ferrum - Looking at the top of the wye at Ferrum California. Loads of iron ore in open gondolas were brought to the small yard at Ferrum located along the Southern Pacif... (more)

(#375) Disney Couldn't have Done it Better - I was amazed while walking through the gorge at the rocks and the tunnels and the cliffs and high banked walls. It just seemed like the Disney... (more)

Goat Canyon Trestle - West Approach - Built in 1932 to by pass a tunnel that had collapsed in an earthquake (located to the right, out of the frame) the trestle at Goat Canyon in the Carri... (more)

Looking South Into Mexico - The abandoned water tower at Dos Cabezas California (San Diego County) sits in the Sonoran Desert in Southern most part of Anza Borego State Park as monument o... (more)

Treading through Utah’s red rock country, Union Pacific’s Potash local approaches Bootlegger Canyon on the northbound trip back to the main line at Brendel on April 4, 2010.

Looking towards Dos Cabezas from outside the gorge at Tunnel #21 - Behind me, Tunnel #21 leads to the gorge side of the Jacumba Mountains. This line has been under an embargo order an... (more)

Into the Worm Hole - Looking into the eastward approach to Tunnel 17 on the desert line in the Carrizo Gorge. (This line has been under an embargo order and there has not been regular... (more)

Line Up With The Seven Sisters - The seven wooden trestle bridges between Dos Cabezas and Goat Canyon are known as the Seven Sisters. The view is looking towards Goat Canyon form the fir... (more)

The Turn at 106 - A whimsical late afternoon view of one of the seemingly infinite turns in the tracks that span the Carrizo Gorge on the desert line. (This line is currently under an e... (more)

The Seven Sisters - The seven wooden trestle bridges between Dos Cabezas and Goat Canyon are known as the Seven Sisters. Also in the photo to the right are the Railroad: Carrizo Gorge Railway
Locomotive: None
Location: Carrizo Gorge - San Diego County, California, USA
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Photo Date: January 10, 2014

An eastbound Union Pacific coal train passes through striking desert landscape just west of Floy, Utah, on March 16, 2009. In the foreground, small desert plants struggle to survive in such a low-... (more)

Dos Cabezas - At one time there was a station building located at Dos Cabezas and a water tower fed from a spring up the hill to the left. The water tower still remains and it once fe... (more)

Tunnel 8 - It was a long hike over the mountain from Dos Cabezas, but it was worth the view. Looking at Tunnel 8 from the side of the trestle at Goat Canyon.

Goat Canyon Trestle - Built in 1932 to by pass a tunnel that had collapsed in an earthquake (located to the right, out of the frame) the trestle at Goat Canyon in the Carrizo Gorge is over ... (more)