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The Iron Horse Regional Trail is a rail trail for pedestrians, horse riders and bicycles in the East Bay Area in California. This trail is located in inland central Alameda and Contra Costa counties, mostly following a Southern Pacific Railroad right of way established in 1891 and abandoned in 1977. [ 1 ]
In gaining elevation around the central hill of the Loop, a 4,000-foot train will cross 77 feet above its rear cars in the tunnel below. [ 17 ] A large white cross, "The Cross at the Loop", stands atop the hill in the center of the loop in memory of two Southern Pacific Railroad employees killed on May 12, 1989, in a train derailment in San ...
The Banks-Vernonia State Trail, Oregon's first rail-trail park, showcases thick forests, clear streams, farmland, and abundant fresh air on this link between the trail's namesake towns northwest ...
Lassen was the leader of a Wagon train from Missouri to California. The Wagon train included 12 covered wagons full of emigrants heading west, some part of the California Gold Rush. The Lassen Emigrant Trail was used from 1848 to 1853 by large groups of prospectors. Indian wars started along the trail so emigrants started to use other trails.
The Hammond Trail is a northern California rail trail along the Pacific coast in Humboldt County. The 5.5 mi (8.9 km) hiking and biking trail follows the historic Hammond Lumber Company 's Humboldt Northern Railway grade from the Mad River to Little River State Beach .
The Ventura River Parkway Trail is a southern California rail trail along the Ventura River in Ventura County. Roughly paralleling California State Route 33 for 16.5 mi (26.6 km) from Ventura to Ojai , it follows the route of the former Ventura and Ojai Valley Railroad that was abandoned between 1969 and 1995.
Bizz Johnson Rail Trail, October 2012. The Fernley & Lassen was a rail line of the Southern Pacific Railroad constructed in 1912–14 between Fernley, Nevada and Westwood, California, near Susanville, a distance of approximately 112 miles (180 km).