- Goat Canyon Trestle
- The Longest Curved
Trestle in the World
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- A north-south trending fault zone is responsible for the
series of ridges and canyons at the south end of the Anza-Borrego Desert in Southern
California. Carrizo Gorge, the most dramatic of these, divides the Jacumba Mountains
to the east from the In-Ko-Pah Mountains to the west. These mini-mountain ranges are
links to the Penninsular Ranges from the Laguna Mountain in the northwest to the Sierra
Juarez of Baja California.
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- Carrizo Gorge is best known for the railroad that threads
its way along its eastern wall: The San Diego & Arizona Eastern. Built
between 1907 and 1919, the 147 mile railroad, owned by San Diego magnate John D.
Spreckels, carried freight and, for a time, passengers, between San Diego and the Imperial
Valley. The gorge section features 11 miles of twisting track, 17 tunnels, and
numerous wooden trestles. The spectacular Goat Canyon Trestle, completed in 1933 as
part of a realignment of the original route, is a noted San Diego County landmark.
In 1994, Klickety Klack, Rockhound, Viking, Cajon Kev and I journeyed to visit the
trestle. You can see and read about our adventure by clicking on the arrow below.
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