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The Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad (YMSPRR) is a historic 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railway with two operating steam locomotives located near Fish Camp, California, in the Sierra National Forest near the southern entrance to Yosemite National Park. [1] Rudy Stauffer organized the YMSPRR in 1961, utilizing historic railroad track ...
The Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge tourist railroad in California that starts from the Roaring Camp depot in Felton, California and runs up steep grades through redwood forests to the top of nearby Bear Mountain, a distance of 3.25 miles (5.23 kilometers). The railroad runs most trains using steam ...
3 ft ( 914 mm) Length. 32 mi (51 km) The Madera Sugar Pine Company was a United States lumber company that operated in the Sierra Nevada region of California during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The company distinguished itself through the use of innovative technologies, including the southern Sierra's first log flume and logging ...
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From there, the Minarets and Western flat cars were pulled up a 10.82 mi (17.41 km) standard gauge railroad to Central Camp, the base of logging operations in the woods. [1] The Sugar Pine Railroad railway was built at a consistent 4.5 percent grade that wound through a series of sixty-two 20-degree curves.
A late-summer heat wave is scorching Los Angeles and the broader West Coast this week. Downtown Los Angeles is flirting with triple-digit temperatures, maybe even for consecutive days.
Coordinates: 116°51′50″W. Train through old mines in Calico, California. The Calico & Odessa Railroad is a 2 ft 6 in ( 762 mm) narrow gauge [1] heritage railroad in the ghost town of Calico, California, headquartered in Yermo, California. It was named for the town and mountain range of Calico and the nearby Odessa Canyon.
In Sacramento, there’s between a 40% and 90% chance of showers through Saturday, according to the weather service.Wind speeds are forecast to be around 6 mph with temperature highs in the low-to ...