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Plaster City, California is a company town with a large gypsum quarry and plant owned by United States Gypsum (USG) [1] in Imperial County, California. It is located 17 miles (27 km) west of El Centro , [ 1 ] at an elevation of 105 feet (32 m), a two-hour drive south of Palm Springs , or a 90 minute drive east from San Diego .
It was originally built for the Nevada–California–Oregon Railway and was sold to Southern Pacific in the late 1920s. The engine worked the rest of its career on the SP narrow gauge, except a brief season in 1953 when the locomotive was briefly loaned to the Plaster City railroad operated by the United States Gypsum Company. [1]
In 2012, following the embargo of the Carrizo Gorge Railway (CZRY) in October 2008 and the loss of operating rights in the Mexican Tecate-Tijuana segment, Pacific Imperial Railroad, Inc. replaced the San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad as the rail operator between Plaster City and the border near Campo. [3]
San Diego Southern Railway: Crescent City Railway: UP: 1906 1915 Riverside, Rialto and Pacific Railroad: Death Valley Railroad: 1914 1931 N/A Diamond and Caldor Railway: 1904 1952 N/A Eel River and Eureka Railroad: NWP 1882 1903 San Francisco and Northwestern Railway: Elsinore, Pomona and Los Angeles Railway: ATSF: 1895 1899 Southern California ...
Fallen Southern Pacific Railroad cars in Carrizo Gorge, 2010.. The San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway Company traces its origins back to December 14, 1906, when entrepreneur John D. Spreckels announced he would form the San Diego and Arizona (SD&A) Railway Company and build a railroad to provide San Diego with a direct rail link to the east by connecting with the Southern Pacific (SP) lines ...
The restored Eureka debuted at Railfair '91 at the California State Railroad Museum. It was then operated on U.S. Gypsum's private tracks in Plaster City, California , in 1993. [ 10 ] The locomotive was listed as a structure on the National Register of Historic Places on January 12, 1995 [ 11 ] and was the first transportation listing in Las Vegas.
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic equipment on museum grounds.
In June 2016, Baja California Railroad secured a 100-year lease with the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (SDMTS) to rehabilitate and operate an additional 112.75 kilometres (70.06 mi) of track in the United States between Campo, California and Plaster City, California.