Beautiful lady, beautiful scenery, I was wondering when this rail road was last used , what an opertunity to set up a speeder tour operation as track still looks in reasonable order and those trestle are truly amazing feat of engineering indeed. Great video thanks ever so much for sharing.
Thanks, Urs! I'm glad you liked the video and got to experience the hike for yourself. It's one of the more unique hikes I've been on, and the super bloom made the trip all the more memorable.
nice lil vid-- not exactly-'' tom pettys, freefallin'' but at least the musicians doin the song used an acoustic instead of a ukulele lol-- not really your problem stephen, ha@@-Stephen-
Thanks, David C! Glad you liked the video. I hadn't heard anything about the reopening of the rail line, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone gets it up to shape and running again.
At about the 4:37 mark, behind the bridge, there is something coming out of the mountain that looks like it connected to the road / pathway / trail that is across from it. Is that an old road?
An absolutely beautiful trestle on a part of a rail line that needs to be modeled on a train layout the curves around the different slopes and the mini trestles need to be a part of it. Thanks for posting the Wikipedia link in another comment since I was going to look it up myself. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Apparently now the tunnels are gated and locked. ☹️
Thanks for the kind words, Juan. Glad you liked the video and that you've experienced this trail for yourself. The singer is "The Heart and the Head," and the song is called "Down in the Valley."
Is the line still operating? Seems that I’ve seen recent videos of a train going from California eastward to the end of the line including over the tressel?
This gives a good description of the history and current usage of the treacle: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goat_Canyon_Trestle Looks like it's been out of operation since 2008.
Thanks Andrew! This trip is about 9 miles and it's flat the entire way, so if you're walking the entire time, you could probably knock this out in ~4 hours. It's a fun hike, but be mindful of two things: (1) it's exposed, it gets hot, and there are zero water sources, and (2) hiking the railroad route may technically be trespassing. Just do your research and go into this one with eyes wide open, and you should have fun.
Hey there, glad you liked the video. I don't monetize anything, this is just for fun. The copyright holder for the song playing in the video apparently asked for commercials in exchange for use of their media. A deal that's ultimately fine by me.
Again repeating the fella below me.... Video editing done quite nicely, the video itself was done quite nicely. And the music was apropos and it left one with a feeling of abandon. One negative comment... I think you're absolutely nuts to walk on that lower catwalk not me baby LOL
According to the Wiki article, it was in service until the late 90's, and parts of it until the early 2000's. Maintenance has always been a problem, plus it runs from San Diego down through Mexico and back to the US in the Imperial Valley. It was built in the early part of the 20th Century to connect SD with the Southern Pacific line in eastern California. Previously you had to go all the way up to LA and catch an eastbound train through Barstow to get anywhere east.
@@-Stephen- Rail carting on my bucket list but tough to find anywhere to do this in NJ. Perfect place to do this is the old CNJ Southern spur line once used by the famous Blue Comet in the 1930s. It has been partially restored from Manchester to Lakewood but still sits idle? For more go to abandoned rails.com/Lakewood to Winslow Junction Email me at jponyplayer@aol.com for many cool pictures I took myself walking those tracks. Many still there but overgrown with pine trees, like a trip in a time machine. Obviously I`m a stone rail fan lol :)
It doesn’t look as big as the one that crossed a valley on the long gone Tallulah Falls RR in NE Georgia. My cousins and I were caught in the middle when a southbound log train’s whistle was heard. I didn’t know I could run so fast on wooden ties.
Hi Fred. Here's the Amazon link to the CD: www.amazon.com/Head-Heart/dp/B004IXWI6E/ref=tmm_acd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= It's by a band called The Heart and the Head, and the song is called "Down in the Valley."
Just guessing but massive timbers then were probably dirt cheap....they had big equipment then and a rail line built to haul it there, they could've brought a shitload of that hill down and just filled it in. Today with big timber way more expensive and heavy equipment much easier to come by I bet that's how they'd do it now.
Appears it might be used again - I was in Jacumba Hot Springs recently - I wish I had heard of this trestle prior as I certainly would have taken the hike... This link explains the plans to resume operations - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aFQp3GX6C_M.html&feature=emb_logo
Hi Kathryn. The hike is approximately 16 miles round trip, and there are several points where you could potentially start. If you're coming from San Diego, take the 8 East and exit on Ocotillo. From there, head towards the wind turbines. There's quite a bit of off-roading, but you'll eventually find a railroad, as well as several different areas where you could potentially park. I'd recommend searching for more specific parking places online.
You would think that people would get together and open those tracks for speeders to travel.......Yep.....Wonderhussy was here just last week before the rains came.