The most important chapter in San Diego's railroad history -- the story of the ill-fated San Diego & Arizona "desert line" to El Centro -- receives fine visual treatment in The Impossible Railroad, a production of KPBS Television. Alternating historic black-and-white photographs and movie footage with scenes from the line today, it reveals John D. Spreckels" dogged determination to complete a 140 mile railroad through terrain often totally unsuited for that mode of transportation. It proved to be his one significant business failure.
Cool train shots!
TheSd90mac 8 months ago