My wife is going to a conference in Palm Desert, California for the week after the holiday, and I'm tagging along for the free hotel room and resort living. Well, that and some railfanning. I'm just wondering if anyone can give me some recommendations on where to start looking. [ 28 June 2001: Message edited by: ten87 ]
Trip Report: Now I know why no one responded to my request for tips on railfanning the Yuma Sub. There's nothing out here! There are some interesting views of the trains going through windmill farms, but not much else. The right of way cuts across the desert with a row of wind-break trees on both sides of the track. It'd make a great oNeTrak module...
Snapped a couple on the box camera, but nuthing spectacular I'm sure. If they come out, I'll post `em here.
This photo is the best part of my trip - getting out of there! We had average temps of over 110 degrees in the shade. The train tracks are in between those trees on the other side of the freeway. Train watching was limited to overpasses, or places where the road was close enough that I wouldn't turn to beef jerky walking from the car. This photo was snapped with the digital camera. I'm waiting for the box camera shot of a UP double-stack pulling through a windmill farm. For those of you who don't know what a windmill farm looks like, here's a shot I borrowed from another web page.
Oh darn. I spelled it wrong! Do I care? Nope p.s. Its is really It's [ 16 July 2001: Message edited by: sd75mac ]</p>
I never did claim to know good grammer . The only reason I brought it up, I spent a lot of time in that area when I lived in SoCal.
Boys! Boys! I checked both spellings on the USGS place name data base and came up blank. ANy other ideas? Can someone tell me where to start looking?
<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by slimjim375: Mohave is an Indian name and spelling. Mojave is a Spanish name and spelling. Back to trains .<hr></blockquote> Nice try. I was talking about Timoteo Canyon. And to be technical (which you seem to like to do), the Yuma sub is in the Colorado, or Lower Desert. The I-15 corridor cuts across the Mojave Desert, while the I-40 cuts across the Colorado Desert.
Problem solved. San Timoteo Canyon Road is between the 60 and 10 freeways, between Redlands and Beaumont.
Here is a link to a photo study I did on San Timoteo Canyon. Warning to modem users: it's a big file. It is an aerial mosaic of the area betwen Redlands Blvd and the freeway, with several of Don Winslows photos (used with permission) to show the terrain.
