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Colton Crossing is a railway crossing situated in Colton, California, directly south of Interstate 10.It is where the Sunset Route and the Southern Transcon intersect.. First built in 1883, it was the site of one of the most intense frog wars in railroad construction history, leading to a personal confrontation between famed lawman Virgil Earp and California Governor Robert Waterman.
This article is a list of important rail yards in geographical order. These listed may be termed Classification, Freight, Marshalling, Shunting, or Switching yards, which are cultural terms generally meaning the same thing no matter which part of the world's railway traditions originated the term of art.
From Pacific Junction (Tower A-5) to Chicago Union Station, it is dispatched by Metra's Consolidated Control Facility. [1] The C&M Subdivision is the primary of CPKC's two northern routes from Chicago. [2] The Union Pacific Railroad operates its Milwaukee Subdivision, a former Chicago & Northwestern Railway line, parallel to the C&M (albeit to ...
The Sunset Route's western terminus officially begins about 71 miles (115 km) east of Los Angeles, in West Colton, California.Going eastward, the route immediately faces steep inclines of up to 1.9% as it reaches 2,560 feet (780 m) in elevation at Beaumont Hill, near Palm Springs, California.
This is a route-map template for the Colton Crossing, a California railway junction.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The Union Pacific Railroad (reporting marks UP, UPP, UPY) is a Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over 32,200 miles (51,800 km) routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans.
Chapters on the History of the Southern Pacific. New York: Ronald Press Company. Signor, John R. (1988). The Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company: Union Pacific's Historic Salt Lake Route. San Marino, California: Golden West Books. ISBN 0-87095-101-7. Solomon, Brian (1999). Southern Pacific Railroad. Osceola, WI: MBI Publishing Company.
This is a route-map template for the Union Pacific West Line, a commuter rail line in the Chicago metropolitan area.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.