Where did line coming into Coronado Island go?

[CoasterMike2105]

(09-10-2011 01:15 AM)Robert Gift Wrote:  

CoasterMike2105 Wrote:... As I said before, at one time, it continued straight down Orange Ave. Since the late 1800's when the line was built, I suspect the tracks have been moved a number of times.

Thanks, MSA.
Are you referring to a trolley line on Orange Avenue?
I recall Orange Avenue near Hotel Coronado being too steep for a train.
Was Palm Avenue ever a railroad right of way?
Otherwise, it is inefficient to run a diagnonal street. (Look at those wasteful triangles at intersections.)

Yes, I am. Here is a photo: http://www.sdera.org/dw/images/photos/rc...tos2_m.jpg

http://www.sdera.org/images/photos/rcant...os16_m.jpg

Another interesting link about future prospects of the line: http://www.trainweb.org/sandiegorail/sde...etter.html

This is probably the best link: http://sweet-haven.com/bayshore/

EDIT: I think I have finally found what you are looking for: http://www.google.com/imgres?q=San+Diego...20&bih=841

[Robert Gift]

CoasterMike2105 Wrote:http://www.google.com/imgres?q=San+Diego...20&bih=841

Thank you so much for the wonderful photos.
How interesting that the island was greatly expanded to the west for the military base!

I am seeking the route of the railroad track which went into the base.

[Robert Gift]

By the gentle curves of Pomona Avenue, did the freight line follow Pomona Avenue and curve left onto 3rd Street westo the base?

Or did it continue curving to the right around the circular "point" and somehow goto the base?
http://maps.google.com/?ll=32.686433,-11...src=6&z=16

Interesting thathe tracks can be seen in the concrete in the base!

[bastatim4294]

http://www.abandonedrails.com/Coronado_Branch

Hay Robert checkout the link above. I think you will find out all that you were looking for.

Tim~

[CoasterMike2105]

(09-26-2011 09:13 PM)bastatim4294 Wrote:  http://www.abandonedrails.com/Coronado_Branch

Hay Robert checkout the link above. I think you will find out all that you were looking for.

Tim~

That's a really cool link! I think he was referring to the tracks that ran onto the base at North Island.

[Robert Gift]

(09-26-2011 09:13 PM)bastatim4294 Wrote:  ... Hay Robert checkout the link above. I think you will find out all that you were looking for.
Tim~

Fascinating!
Thank you so much, Tim.
Just as I guessed, the track was in Pomona Avenue.
Think I even saw some rail-caused pavement fissures on GooglEarth.

I am most interested if drivers had to avoid a train in the middle of the street.
Would love to take a metal detector on Pomonandiscoverails under the pavement.

[bastatim4294]

You are welcome! I love it when a plan comes together!

Tim~

[Cliffs]

Here is a link to a 1948 topographic map of the San Diego area. Its about an 8 MB file. It shows how the line accessed the Naval Air Station and also indicates where the ferry crossing was to the “mainland”
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k...o-1948.jpg
Just expand the JPG file out to full size after downloading or opening in your browser.

Here are a couple of index pages provided by the University of Texas at Austin. One is a quandrangle index for the U.S.. The other is a list of all of the quadrangles, arranged alphabetically. Many of these maps are dated back in the 1940s, and make nice reference materials for seeing where the rails used to be.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k...-index.jpg
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/

[Robert Gift]

(11-23-2011 01:21 PM)Cliffs Wrote:  Here is a link to a 1948 topographic map of the San Diego area. Its about an 8 MB file. It shows how the line accessed the Naval Air Station and also indicates where the ferry crossing was to the “mainland”
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k...o-1948.jpg
Just expand the JPG file out to full size after downloading or opening in your browser.

Here are a couple of index pages provided by the University of Texas at Austin. One is a quandrangle index for the U.S.. The other is a list of all of the quadrangles, arranged alphabetically. Many of these maps are dated back in the 1940s, and make nice reference materials for seeing where the rails used to be.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k...-index.jpg
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/

Thank you, Cliff. (I received no.tice of your post.)
Interesting to see the other track and how one track went near Hotel Coronado.
Nowillook at the other links you kindly provided.

[SBC_1344]

Folks,

As far as I know, the line last saw use into Coronado at least into the late 60's:
http://www.psrm.org/history/cr/index.html

"Rails of the Silver Gate" by Richard V. Dodge is a great source. It tells you the story of the purpose of the Coronado Railroad...

Having been cut back to Imperial Beach in 1970 with ROW being railbanked into a bike route from Imperial Beach to Coronado, later it was railbanked up to the end of "active track" at Salt Works.

The last car was a shipment of alluvial sand in 2000. The Saltworks may have been the last regular customers. The other two were Rohr (Goodrich) and San Diego Gas & Electric. Maybe a few smaller customers on the National City Cleveland Avenue street running (afaik a scrap dealer) which had a spur heading east towards I-5... A long time ago, it used to run thru 24th. street to Sweetwater which was the old NC&O (National City & Otay) abandoned (washed out) in 1916...

In the last years of operation into Coronado, SP used 70 tonners.

(12-20-2011 04:03 AM)Robert Gift Wrote:  

(11-23-2011 01:21 PM)Cliffs Wrote:  Here is a link to a 1948 topographic map of the San Diego area. Its about an 8 MB file. It shows how the line accessed the Naval Air Station and also indicates where the ferry crossing was to the “mainland”
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k...o-1948.jpg
Just expand the JPG file out to full size after downloading or opening in your browser.

Here are a couple of index pages provided by the University of Texas at Austin. One is a quandrangle index for the U.S.. The other is a list of all of the quadrangles, arranged alphabetically. Many of these maps are dated back in the 1940s, and make nice reference materials for seeing where the rails used to be.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k...-index.jpg
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/

Thank you, Cliff. (I received no.tice of your post.)
Interesting to see the other track and how one track went near Hotel Coronado.
Nowillook at the other links you kindly provided.