Previews for next month

[gedunk]

Outside Santa Cruz:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 81026,,0,5

A 3-way with gateless cantilevers in Watsonville:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 0000000013

[gedunk]

I'm told the third link is dead. Let me try again:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 0,4.859375

[AndyWS]

Link is good now. Neat crossings, especially the 1st and 2nd ones. I like seeing street running. I like how the first one looks like it is in the middle of nowhere, and the tracks paralleling the road before curving across.

[gedunk]

The crossing in the first link, the tracks and road parallel for quite a distance, except one is usually at a much different elevation than the other on a rather steep hill side. That one spot the only place they cross. When I was there yesterday, there was a light covering of moss on both signals.

It used to be SP/UP, but now it's operated by Roaring Camp, a scenic RR, out of Felton. Mainly a summer time operation. The have a narrow gauge Shay that runs on old logging iron, and some standard gauge gauge stuff that runs this line. This runs from the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz, to Felton. Quite a bit of street running, with 2 wigwags along the way in Old Town(think Victorian homes) Santa Cruz.

Googe street view Chestnut Street in Santa Cruz CA. First wigwag is at Lincoln, the second at Walnut. I don't think the street view reaches the second wigwag though.