Riding an "abandoned" railway in California.

[Carloswithac]

Hi guys, went out to Carrizo Gorge yesterday. Rode 17 miles. The ride took us about three hours with all the sightseeing and picture taking.






Got to ride on some pretty gnarly train tunnels. Some really, really long


Picture while riding in the dark tunnel.


Some abandoned train cars in the background


The Goat Canyon Trestle. 750 feet long, 200 feet high. Second biggest wooden, curved trestle in the US.


Side view



Some history on the Gorge
San Diego & Arizona Railway History
Carrizo Gorge

Carlos

[CactusJackSlade]

VERY cool.... I've investigated the maps and other stories of the ride.... I want to do it sometime... but in Fall when it's a little cooler?

Did you happen to get GPS tracks?

[delirian]

wow that bridge looks well impressive,,,,, why was the line abandoned,,,,

[Carloswithac]

VERY cool.... I've investigated the maps and other stories of the ride.... I want to do it sometime... but in Fall when it's a little cooler?

Did you happen to get GPS tracks?

Carrizo Gorge by carloswithac at Garmin Connect - Details

wow that bridge looks well impressive,,,,, why was the line abandoned,,,,

Due to various cave-ins. It's just not profitable to fix.

"For many years now this section of railroad has been abandoned because several of the tunnels had collapsed. Over the years there have been many projects to clear the tunnels and reopen the line, but funding usually ran out."

Carrizo Gorge

[thomllama]

nice.. wish it was closer... looks like kinda a cool scene

[levir]

It would be nice if it was paved.


Silver Comet Trail, Georgia

[JulesMoreau]

That's so cool. It's stuff like this that makes me want to live in those parts. Alas, cold Stockholm doesn't really have anything interesting, at least in the aspect of exploration. There's only so much that one can find in such an urban area.

Nevertheless, thanks for posting! definitely a good share

[kgraber]

Awesome.

[franco802]

I was there recently. It was 110f out. My new DB Overdrive Expert did an awesome job. But my ass took a toll on the cheap stock seat. Otherwise the bike did great. Woke up the next morning at home and had 2 flat tires The place was amazing, saw 4 big horn sheep, everything was awesome about the place.

[Pimpride]

That's cool. I like adventure rides.

[Carloswithac]

I was there recently. It was 110f out. My new DB Overdrive Expert did an awesome job. But my ass took a toll on the cheap stock seat. Otherwise the bike did great. Woke up the next morning at home and had 2 flat tires The place was amazing, saw 4 big horn sheep, everything was awesome about the place.

Ha, I had two flat tires the next morning as well. Probably little metal debris from the rails, or wood.

[cman8]

M surprised those abandoned cars aren't all tagged up

[Carloswithac]

M surprised those abandoned cars aren't all tagged up

Probably helps that it's in the middle of nowhere.

[delirian]

M surprised those abandoned cars aren't all tagged up

looks they havnt been abandoned, just lost, if you look closely at the picture you will see it says that the car is lost,,,,,,

[Mr.Magura]

Ha, I had two flat tires the next morning as well. Probably little metal debris from the rails, or wood.

Would you mind pointing that ride out on Google map?

It looks real cool, and I would like to ad it to my todo list, for the next time I hit the west coast.


Magura

[Carloswithac]

Would you mind pointing that ride out on Google map?

It looks real cool, and I would like to ad it to my todo list, for the next time I hit the west coast.


Magura

Carrizo Gorge

Jacumba, CA

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en

[Bill in Houston]

that trestle is amazing... what a cool ride. thanks for posting/

[Carloswithac]

Oh, this is also where this now infamous video happened.

[Mr.Magura]

Carrizo Gorge

Jacumba, CA

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en

Thanks.

Bookmarked


Magura

[delirian]

was this vid for real or is it fake,,,,

[Carloswithac]

was this vid for real or is it fake,,,,

Both are real.

Here's some background on the crash video.
MountainBikeBill's Mountain biking Trail Reviews, Videos and Pictures

We were on a bit of single track that bypasses one of the many training tunnels. There are some spots of extreme exposure here and there and we stopped to evaluate one of them. I decided not to try this one section. The other two riders, Miles and Eric, both tried it. Eric dabbed through the scary part and Miles did as well but lost his balance to the wrong side of the trail and went over the side.

The initial drop was about 10 feet near vertical followed by a series of rolling into and over rocks followed by more drops and air time. All total Miles when about 150 down the cliff/ravine. It was all over in a few very long seconds but it seemed like it went on forever.

[W8N4MUD]

Hello to you all (first post),
I've got a question out of curiosity. Where do you start riding this trail? Looking at google maps doesn't help as much. Id be starting this trail from the 8 if possible just not sure where you guys would park to start riding and/or if I start from the 8, would it be a one way in and out? I can't make it a loop can I?

Thanks in advance gentlemen.

[Carloswithac]

Hello to you all (first post),
I've got a question out of curiosity. Where do you start riding this trail? Looking at google maps doesn't help as much. Id be starting this trail from the 8 if possible just not sure where you guys would park to start riding and/or if I start from the 8, would it be a one way in and out? I can't make it a loop can I?

Thanks in advance gentlemen.

Carrizo Gorge

See here. Jacumba exit.

[W8N4MUD]

See here. Jacumba exit.

Copy. Got it. Did it. Loved it. I made "another" video of our run but can't exactly share it yet because I don't have 10 posts. Haha. Thanks for the site.

[Bill in Houston]

go here:
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and make some posts to get up to the minimum.