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Image:John D. Spreckels 1901.jpg|{{John D. Spreckels 1901.jpg/credit}}<br />John Diedrich Spreckels, "The Great Builder," in 1901. | Image:John D. Spreckels 1901.jpg|{{John D. Spreckels 1901.jpg/credit}}<br />John Diedrich Spreckels, "The Great Builder," in 1901. | ||
Image:SD Union December 14 1906.jpg|{{SD Union December 14 1906.jpg/credit}}<br />The front page of the December 14, 1906 edition of the ''San Diego Union'' proclaims, "''RAILROAD FROM SAN DIEGO TO YUMA IS NOW ASSURED.''" | Image:SD Union December 14 1906.jpg|{{SD Union December 14 1906.jpg/credit}}<br />The front page of the December 14, 1906 edition of the ''San Diego Union'' proclaims, "''RAILROAD FROM SAN DIEGO TO YUMA IS NOW ASSURED.''" | ||
Image:SDandA groundbreaking on September 7, 1907.jpg|{{SDandA groundbreaking on September 7, 1907.jpg/credit}}<br />Frank Forward, Sr. (mayor of San Diego) turns the first shovelful of dirt to ceremonially commence construction of the San Diego and Arizona Railway on September 7, 1907. At left is Frank Kimball, a prominent local landowner and rancher,<ref>Kimball also represented the Chamber of Commerce and the Board of City Trustees of San Diego, and helped organize the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]]'s subsidiary line the [[California Southern Railroad]].</ref> and to the right is real estate developer Alonzo Horton. | |||
Image:SDA Valle Redondo 1912.jpg|{{SDA Valle Redondo 1912.jpg/credit}}<br />The construction camp at Valle Redondo, January 31, 1912. | Image:SDA Valle Redondo 1912.jpg|{{SDA Valle Redondo 1912.jpg/credit}}<br />The construction camp at Valle Redondo, January 31, 1912. | ||
Image:SDA survey party August 1914.jpg|{{SDA survey party August 1914.jpg/credit}}<br />An SDA survey party, August 1914. | Image:SDA survey party August 1914.jpg|{{SDA survey party August 1914.jpg/credit}}<br />An SDA survey party, August 1914. | ||
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Image:Lines of the SDA.jpg|{{Lines of the SDA.jpg/credit}}<br />Lines of the San Diego and Arizona Railway in California, and the Tijuana and Tecate Railway in Mexico. | Image:Lines of the SDA.jpg|{{Lines of the SDA.jpg/credit}}<br />Lines of the San Diego and Arizona Railway in California, and the Tijuana and Tecate Railway in Mexico. | ||
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==Notes and references== | |||
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Revision as of 12:09, 3 August 2013
(PD) Photo: Schumacher Portraits
John Diedrich Spreckels, "The Great Builder," in 1901.
(PD) Image: San Diego Union
The front page of the December 14, 1906 edition of the San Diego Union proclaims, "RAILROAD FROM SAN DIEGO TO YUMA IS NOW ASSURED."![(PD) Photo: Unknown Frank Forward, Sr. (mayor of San Diego) turns the first shovelful of dirt to ceremonially commence construction of the San Diego and Arizona Railway on September 7, 1907. At left is Frank Kimball, a prominent local landowner and rancher,[1] and to the right is real estate developer Alonzo Horton.](/wiki/images/thumb/2/27/SDandA_groundbreaking_on_September_7%2C_1907.jpg/267px-SDandA_groundbreaking_on_September_7%2C_1907.jpg)
(PD) Photo: Unknown
Frank Forward, Sr. (mayor of San Diego) turns the first shovelful of dirt to ceremonially commence construction of the San Diego and Arizona Railway on September 7, 1907. At left is Frank Kimball, a prominent local landowner and rancher,[1] and to the right is real estate developer Alonzo Horton.
(PD) Photo: John R. Signor Collection
The construction camp at Valle Redondo, January 31, 1912.
(PD) Photo: Unknown
An SDA survey party, August 1914.
(PD) Photo: Unknown
Looking into the United States through Tunnel #4, 598 feet long.
(PD) Photo: Unknown
SD&A gasoline-electric motor car No. 41, one of three similar self-propelled units used on commuter runs to La Mesa and Lakeside until they were retired in 1934.
(PD) Photo: Unknown
The upper Campo Creek Viaduct, nearly 600 feet (183 meters) long, as it appeared on October 5, 1919.
(PD) Photo: Ralph P. Stineman
Locomotive No. 50 of the San Diego and Arizona Rail line stands at a siding.
(PD) Photo: Ralph P. Stineman
A San Diego and Arizona train takes a tour group over a newly constructed bridge and track section.
(PD) Photo: Unknown
SD&A No. 25 and train have just emerged from Tunnel #16 westbound.
(PD) Drawing: San Diego and Arizona Railway
Lines of the San Diego and Arizona Railway in California, and the Tijuana and Tecate Railway in Mexico.
![(PD) Photo: Unknown Frank Forward, Sr. (mayor of San Diego) turns the first shovelful of dirt to ceremonially commence construction of the San Diego and Arizona Railway on September 7, 1907. At left is Frank Kimball, a prominent local landowner and rancher,[1] and to the right is real estate developer Alonzo Horton.](/wiki/File:SDandA_groundbreaking_on_September_7,_1907.jpg)
Notes and references
- ↑ Kimball also represented the Chamber of Commerce and the Board of City Trustees of San Diego, and helped organize the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's subsidiary line the California Southern Railroad.