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You probably saw the remains of the old SD&AE. It was standard gauge, not narrow. Never rebuilt after a storm back a few years.
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In the mid 70's there was a narrow gauge further east near Plaster City, but I'm not sure if the I-8 passes over it. That narrow gauge hauls loads from a US Gypsum mine; at Plaster City it is transloaded to standard guage cars. I know it kept running into the 80s but don't know if it's still in operation.
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quote:Originally posted by MPALMER: In the mid 70's there was a narrow gauge further east near Plaster City, but I'm not sure if the I-8 passes over it. That narrow gauge hauls loads from a US Gypsum mine; at Plaster City it is transloaded to standard guage cars. I know it kept running into the 80s but don't know if it's still in operation.
That's the one I think it was. It was certainly a narrow gauge, and crossed under the 8 (we went to yuma and back in one day!) and then we spotted it again giong out towards plaster city.
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The narrow gauge US Gypsum line heads out of Plaster City away from I-8 and still operates. I-8 crosses over the SD&AE line in two places, west of Plaster City near Ocotillo (then shortly later heading west the tracks cross on a overpass) and near Jacumba.
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I keep wishing this thread was captioned n.g. in Imperial Valleyinstead of in So.Cal., as I keep expecting the discussion to be broader under its existing title, i.e. other So.Cal. narrow gauge lines, e.g. (1) Santa Ana, Fairview & Pacific (2) fact that eventual SFe loop through So.Cal. was originally proposed as independent n.g. line. (3) etc. I know, I just have to get over it:<).
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