Imagined routing for proto-freelance Midland Pacific

At one time, I was planning a proto-freelanced extension between the Bakersfield area (SP &ATSF) and the SP Coast Line near Pismo Beach and on to Avila. The route would have generally followed CA Highway 166 from the Sunset Railway near Maricopa to the coast. This line was actually proposed in real life in the early 20th century as the "Midland Pacific" and some roadbed was graded, but nothing ever came of it. An article I wrote on the N scale layout design project and the imagineered prototype was published in the Layout Design SIG's Layout Design Journal #35, December 2006.