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Los Angeles once had a fine urban rail system -- the Pacific Electric, known as the big red cars.
Los Angeles, CA (1974).
A grand railway station for a nowhere place in the middle of the desert.
Kelso, East Mojave National Scenic Area, CA (1991).
The old Pacific Electric rail network would be hard to revive as many of the rights-of-way have been sold and built over.
Los Angeles, CA (1974).
The Tehachapi Pass railroad route uses miles of sinuous curves, dozens of tunnels, and one complete loop over itself to climb 4000 feet over the southern Sierra
Southern Pacific Railroad's Tehachapi Loop, near Keene, CA (1986).
Rotary snowplows made winter rail travel across the Sierra possible.
California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA (1987).
Once the primary means of getting to the Grand Canyon, this railroad was abandoned, but is now revived.
railroad station, South Rim, Grand Canyon NP, AZ (1981).