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| name = Goat Canyon Trestle
| name = Goat Canyon Trestle

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Goat Canyon Trestle
Trestle as seen from the southeast in 2016
Coordinates32°43′44″N 116°11′02″W / 32.729019°N 116.183778°W / 32.729019; -116.183778
CrossesGoat Canyon[1]
LocaleAnza-Borrego Desert State Park[1][2]
OwnerSan Diego Metropolitan Transit System[2][3]
Characteristics
MaterialRedwood[1]
Total length597[4] - >750[1][5]
Height186[2][4] - >200[1][6][7]
History
Construction start1932[6]
Construction end1933[4]
ReplacesTunnel number 15[4]
Location
Map

Goat Canyon Trestle is the world's largest curved wooden trestle.[1] It was built as part of the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway.[6]

Background

Under the direction of John D. Spreckels, construction of the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railroad began in 1907.[3] It was backed by Edward Henry Harriman at the urging of President Theodore Roosevelt.[8][9] In 1919, the railroad was completed, connecting San Diego with the Imperial Valley, by way of Mexico.[2] Prior to the construction of the railroad, the only rail connection to San Diego was from the north, and was only completed in the late 19th century.[10]

It was called the "Impossible railroad", and has experienced a series of difficulties, to include collapsed tunnels and rock slides, which have led to the periodic closure of the railroad.[2] Initially, the most significant bridge on the route was the Campo Creek Viaduct, which is 600 feet long and 200 feet in height.[11] One of these was the collapse of tunnel number 15 in March 1932;[4][5] the collapse was caused by an earthquake.[7][12] The remnants of collapsed tunnel 15 remain until the present day.[13]

History

Hiker atop the trestle in 2016.

In response to the collapse of tunnel 15, the trestle was constructed;[14] construction of the trestle began in 1932.[6][15] Construction of the trestle was done in sections, with sections being constructed at the bottom of the canyon, then lifted into position; it was completed by 1933, leading to a realignment of the railroad route.[4] It was constructed using redwood timber;[1] this was the same type of timber used for railroad ties along the rest of the route.[16] Wood was utilized due to metal fatigue which would have inflicted a steel bridge due to the large temperature fluctuations.[4] It was built with a 14 degree curve.[6][17]

In 1951, scheduled passenger service over the trestle ended, with intermittent freight traffic continuing when the railroad wasn't closed due to damage.[8] In 1976, Hurricane Kathleen damaged the trestle, as well as the rest of the line; repairs were not completed until 1981.[18] The usage of the railroad ended again in 1983, due to collapsed tunnels, with restoration of the railroad not resuming until 2003.[19] In 1999, Huell Howser visited the trestle.[20] During the Ceder Fire, crews conducted firefighting operations due to acts of arson near the railroad tracks.[21] After repairs to the line were completed in 2004 rail usage continued.[8] Pacific Southwest Railway Museum provided trips on the railroad from Campo.[8] Damage to the line occurred in 2010, ending rail usage of the trestle.[8] In early 2017, tunnel number 6 near the trestle had collapsed, and the route was obstructed.[22] It remains a popular destination for hiking.[2][4][7][23]

Surrounding enivornment

Since at least the 1970s, there have been a population of bighorn sheep that have lived near trestle, that are an endangered species.[2][24] Another endangered species in the area of the trestle is the Bell's vireo.[25]

Replicas

A HO scale replica of the trestle can be seen in use in the San Diego Model Railroad Museum.[26] The replica is six feet off the floor, and is meant to be viewed by adults;[27] it is a total of ten feet tall.[28] It is older than museum itself, being built in 1941.[29] At the same museum, is a N scale replica of the trestle, based on a 1855 surveyed route.[30]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Cowan, Ernie (2 May 2004). "World's largest wooden trestle is in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park". North County Times. San Diego County. Archived from the original on 1 May 2004. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Japenga, Ann (30 March 2004). "Rail renegades". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b Stewart, Joshua (9 June 2016). "Border rail line to connect U.S., Mexico". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h The Canyoneers (19 July 2017). "Get close but not too close to Carrizo Gorge trestle". San Diego Reader. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  5. ^ a b Rangel, Alexis (12 August 2013). "San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway, the 'Impossible Railroad,'". Imperial Valley Press. El Centro, California: El Centro Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d e Bell, Diane (19 April 2017). "Science Channel spotlights marvel in San Diego's back yard". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  7. ^ a b c Baran, Robert (29 May 2010). "Goat Canyon Trestle Trek". San Diego Reader. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  8. ^ a b c d e Beck, Darrell (1 December 2011). "On Memory's Back Trail: The Impossible Railroad". Ramona Home Journal. Ramona, California. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  9. ^ Dodge, Richard V. (29 June 1956). "San Diego's "Impossible Railroad"". Dispatcher. Railway Historical Society of San Diego. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  10. ^ Carrico, Richard L. (23 January 2011). "BOOK REVIEW: Book on 'impossible railroad' well done". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
    Price, James N. (April 1988). Scharf, Thomas L. (ed.). "The Railroad Stations of San Diego County". The Journal of San Diego History. 34 (2): 123–135. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  11. ^ The Station Agent: Official Publication of the Order of Railroad Station Agents. Order of Railroad Station Agents. 1920. p. 9.
    Clarence Alan McGrew (1922). City of San Diego and San Diego County: The Birthplace of California. American Historical Society. p. 172.
  12. ^ "Goat Canyon Trestle Viewpoint Via Mortero Palms". Anza Borrego Foundation. Goat Canyon trestle was built in 1932 after an earthquake collapsed one of the tunnels of the Carrizo Gorge section of the San Diego and Arizona Railway.
    Kevin Key. "The Massive Goat Canyon Trestle - Brilliantly Illuminated by a Nearly Full Moon". Getty Images. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  13. ^ Phillip T. Farquharson; David M. Bloom; Carole L. Ziegler (2006). Geology and History of Southeastern San Diego County, California: San Diego Association of Geologists for 2005 and 2006. San Diego Association of Geologists. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-916251-78-9.
  14. ^ Angel, Milton (30 July 2001). "240 Years of Ranching: Historical Research, Field Surveys, Oral Interviews, Significance Criteria, and Management Recommendations for Ranching Districts and Sites in the San Diego Region" (PDF) (Interview). Interviewed by Heather Thomson. San Diego: Save our Heritage Organization. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
    Charles M. O'Herin (2006). Prototypes for Modelers: Vol. 1, San Diego & Arizona Railway. Link Pen Publishing. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-9776279-0-5.
    "SDAG Meeting Announcement" (PDF). San Diego Association of Geologists. January 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  15. ^ Robbins, Christine (January 2016). "The Bridges of San Diego County: The Art of Civil Engineering" (PDF). The Journal of San Diego History. 62 (1): 5–36. ISSN 0022-4383. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  16. ^ Ph.D., Reena Deutsch (10 January 2011). San Diego and Arizona Railway: The Impossible Railroad. Arcadia Publishing. p. 22. ISBN 978-1-4396-4047-0.
  17. ^ Meet the Most Dangerous Wooden Railroad. Mysteries of the Abandoned. 2017. Science Channel. {{cite serial}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |transcripturl= and |transcript= (help)
  18. ^ Jerry Schad; Scott Turner (20 February 2017). Afoot and Afield: San Diego County: 282 Spectacular Outings Along the Coast, Foothills, Mountains, and Desert. Wilderness Press. p. 1020. ISBN 978-0-89997-802-4.
    LunarLight (2010). "San Diego & Arizona Eastern's Carrizo Gorge". Trainorders.com. Todd Clark. Retrieved 15 February 2018. Goat Canyon Trestle itself was sagging in its center span, having had the lower tier of its tallest bent knocked away by a boulder that was sluiced down the canyon by the flood.
    Pacific Rail News. Interurbans Publications. 1995. p. 44.
  19. ^ Ristine, Jeff (7 December 2003). "Lakeside company hopes to move first freight by end of January". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  20. ^ "Trestle- California's Gold (1006)". Huell Howser Archives. Chapman University. 8 January 1999. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  21. ^ "The "Impossible" Goat Canyon Trestle". Roadtrip America. Flattop Productions, Inc. November 2003. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  22. ^ Hangrove, Dorian (3 February 2017). "MTS responds to Baja Rail charges". San Diego Reader. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  23. ^ Tony Huegel (21 December 2006). California Desert Byways: 68 of California's Best Backcountry Drives. Wilderness Press. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-89997-413-2.
    Lowell Lindsay; Diana Lindsay (10 October 2017). Anza Borrego Desert Region: Your Complete Guide to the State Park and Adjacent Areas of the Western Colorado Desert. Wilderness Press. p. 437. ISBN 978-0-89997-780-5.
    "Goat Canyon Trestle Bridge via Carrizo Gorge Road". Alltrails.com. September 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  24. ^ Raftery, Miriam (17 March 2014). "Experts Voice Alarm Over Survival of Local Bighorn Sheep". East County Magazine. La Mesa, California: Heartland Coalition. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  25. ^ "Eastern San Diego County Resource Management Plan and Record of Decision" (PDF). El Centro Field Office. Bureau of Land Management. October 2008. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  26. ^ P. R. Griswold (1992). Railroads of California: Seeing the State by Rail. American Traveler Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-55838-121-6.
  27. ^ Americana. Americana Magazine. 1990. p. 57.
  28. ^ "All Aboard San Diego's Railroad Museum". Coronado Lifestyles. Coronado Lifestyle Magazine. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2018. There's even a 10-foot-high model of the Goat Canyon Trestle that crosses over the Carrizo Gorge.
    Radcliff, Chris (28 May 2007). "Geeky Places To Take Your Kids: San Diego". Wired. Condé Nast Publications. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  29. ^ Voss, Paul; Schaumberg, William C. (March 2001). "20 years of the San Diego Model R.R. Museum". Railroad Model Craftsman. White River Productions. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  30. ^ "Pacific Desert Line". San Diego Society of N Scale. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018. Parts of our layouts coincide, and as a result, the museum now has two versions of the Goat Canyon Trestle.
    Fay Crevoshay (1 April 2003). A Parent's Guide to San Diego and Baja California. Mars Publishing, Incorporated. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-931199-28-5.

Further reading

  • Dodge, Roger V (1960). Rails of the Silver Gate: The Spreckels San Diego Empire. Golden West Books. ISBN 0870950193.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Goat_Canyon_Trestle&type=revision&diff=827133026&oldid=826573175

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