How some Southern California tunnels are still used, while others have vanished
The rugged geography, dense population, and arid nature of Southern California has created the need for some of the most ...
California high speed rail has $4.3B in unspent federal grants. Could Trump take it away?
What’s needed for San Francisco to LA to happen is we’re going to need the federal partner to say, ‘Get that done.’” ...
The San Bernardino Sun1 个月
The history of some Southern California tunnels and why they were built
Southern California is home to a remarkable collection ... It was built by the Southern Pacific Railroad, primarily with Chinese laborers, and construction took a year and a half.
The New York Times28 天
The Southern Pacific Railroad.
TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of ...
SFGate28 天
The California train loop among '7 wonders of the railroad world'
When the spiral’s construction finished in 1876 on the Southern Pacific Line, it was considered one of the railroad world ... like a curling snake over the California chaparral and woodlands ...
Mountain Democrat15 天
Fighting snow in the roundhouse
A massive snow-fighting machine has rumbled into the California State Railroad Museum roundhouse for its annual winter visit. The former Southern Pacific rotary — essentially a snowblower on ...
All aboard: 8 entertaining train and railroad attractions in San Diego County and Tijuana
In San Diego County, some of the oldest train tracks and rail lines date back over 140 years. The Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Railroads expanded service to the county in 1885, according to the ...