San Diego and Arizona Railway/Gallery
(PD) Photo: Schumacher Portraits
John Diedrich Spreckels, "The Great Builder," in 1901.
(PD) Image: San Diego Union
The front page of the December 14, 1906 edition of the San Diego Union proclaims, "RAILROAD FROM SAN DIEGO TO YUMA IS NOW ASSURED."![(PD) Photo: Unknown Frank Forward, Sr. (mayor of San Diego) turns the first shovelful of dirt to ceremonially commence construction of the San Diego and Arizona Railway on September 7, 1907. At left is Frank Kimball, a prominent local landowner and rancher,[1] and to the right is real estate developer Alonzo Horton.](/wiki/images/thumb/2/27/SDandA_groundbreaking_on_September_7%2C_1907.jpg/267px-SDandA_groundbreaking_on_September_7%2C_1907.jpg)
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Frank Forward, Sr. (mayor of San Diego) turns the first shovelful of dirt to ceremonially commence construction of the San Diego and Arizona Railway on September 7, 1907. At left is Frank Kimball, a prominent local landowner and rancher,[1] and to the right is real estate developer Alonzo Horton.
(PD) Photo: John R. Signor Collection
The construction camp at Valle Redondo, January 31, 1912.
(PD) Photo: Unknown
An SDA survey party, August 1914.
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Looking into the United States through Tunnel #4, 598 feet long.
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SD&A gasoline-electric motor car No. 41, one of three similar self-propelled units used on commuter runs to La Mesa and Lakeside until they were retired in 1934.
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The massive wooden trestle under construction at Carriso Gorge, circa 1916.
(PD) Photo: Los Angeles Times
A steam shovel excavating for the San Diego and Arizona Railway line, circa 1919. An 0-4-0 steam locomotive maneuvers a string of ore cars in order to dispose of the soils.![(PD) Photo: Unknown The upper Campo Creek Viaduct, "...surely the most photographed bridge [on the SD&A]..." is nearly 600 feet (183 meters) long.[2] The steel structure was completed on October 5, 1919.](/wiki/images/thumb/0/0e/Campo_Creek_Viaduct_October_5_1919.jpg/300px-Campo_Creek_Viaduct_October_5_1919.jpg)
(PD) Photo: Unknown
The upper Campo Creek Viaduct, "...surely the most photographed bridge [on the SD&A]..." is nearly 600 feet (183 meters) long.[2] The steel structure was completed on October 5, 1919.
(PD) Photo: Ralph P. Stineman
Locomotive No. 50 of the San Diego and Arizona Railway line stands at a siding.
(PD) Photo: Ralph P. Stineman
A San Diego and Arizona train takes a tour group over a newly constructed bridge and track section.
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SD&A No. 25 and train have just emerged from Tunnel #16 westbound.
(PD) Drawing: San Diego and Arizona Railway
Lines of the San Diego and Arizona Railway in California, and the Tijuana and Tecate Railway in Mexico.
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A 1920 timetable cover for the San Diego and Arizona Railway reflects the railroad's eastern interchange with the Southern Pacific.
![(PD) Photo: Unknown Frank Forward, Sr. (mayor of San Diego) turns the first shovelful of dirt to ceremonially commence construction of the San Diego and Arizona Railway on September 7, 1907. At left is Frank Kimball, a prominent local landowner and rancher,[1] and to the right is real estate developer Alonzo Horton.](/wiki/File:SDandA_groundbreaking_on_September_7,_1907.jpg)
![(PD) Photo: Unknown The upper Campo Creek Viaduct, "...surely the most photographed bridge [on the SD&A]..." is nearly 600 feet (183 meters) long.[2] The steel structure was completed on October 5, 1919.](/wiki/File:Campo_Creek_Viaduct_October_5_1919.jpg)
Notes and references
- ↑ Kimball also represented the Chamber of Commerce and the Board of City Trustees of San Diego, and helped organize the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's subsidiary line the California Southern Railroad.
- ↑ Hanft, pp. 200-201