Imperial Railway Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Hemlock: While reviewing a new cache nearby, I noticed this cache which is temporarily disabled. To me temporary means a couple of months or less. This cache has been under the weather for over 8 months. While I feel that Geocaching.com should hold the location for you and block other cachers from entering the area around this cache for a reasonable amount of time I don't think we can do so any longer. Therefore, I have archived this cache.

When/if this cache is replaced, please email me at hemlock@geocachingadmin.com and I'll be more than happy to take a look at your cache again. If it is still is within the guidelines for cache placement and posting, it will then be unarchived.

I want to thank you for the time that you have taken to contribute to geocaching in the past and am looking forward to seeing your cache up and running in the future.

Thanks for your understanding,
Hemlock
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Hidden : 3/30/2003
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Located along no-longer used train tracks, near ruins of the Dos Cabezas Station.
This is a fairly easy cache to locate, terrain and difficulty levels are mostly for required high-clearance/4WD. Cache container is a large ammo box.

We hid this cache on our way to go hiking up Mortero Canyon
during a weekend camping trip in the Anza Borrego Desert.
The cache location requires about 4 miles of driving along
Mortero Canyon Road. 4WD/HIGH CLEARANCE STRONGLY SUGGESTED
This road is quite sandy and very rough in spots.

For those that are adventurous, continue towards the Mortero
Palms for a challenging hike towards an amazing oasis.
This is a great spot to have lunch (as we did).

You can also continue beyond the palms for a view of the longest curved trestle in the world.

Carrizo Gorge is best known for the railroad that threads its way along its eastern wall: The San Diego & Arizona Eastern. Built between 1907 and 1919, the 147 mile railroad, owned by San Diego magnate John D. Spreckels, carried freight and, for a time, passengers, between San Diego and the Imperial Valley.

The gorge section features 11 miles of twisting track, 17 tunnels, and numerous wooden trestles. The spectacular Goat Canyon Trestle, completed in 1933 as part of a realignment of the original route, is a noted San Diego County landmark.

Hurricane Kathleen badly mangled the line in 1976, and cut off traffic through the gorge for five years. After reopening in 1981, the line was quickly severed again, this time by fire that burned out several smaller trestles.

Today the Carrizo Gorge section remains out of service, but there is never ending speculation on possible future uses. The tracks could someday carry sightseeing tourists through the gorge, or they might end up carrying cars filled with San Diego's solid waste destined for some future Imperial Valley landfill.

Keep in mind that hiking along the tracks through Corrizo Gorge is expressly forbidden. The route is posted and patrolled. The railroad also owns a strip of land on either side of the tracks. However, it is the opinion of Anza-Boreego rangers that hikers are permitted to cross the tracks at right angles within the state park.

Original Contents include:
USA GeoCoin #4
Eiffel Tower TB
LaserPointer set
Mini Digital FM Scan Radio
Liberty Bell
McDonald's Jungle Book II Toy
Chinese Finger Trap
Tube of Crazy Glue
2 HomestarRunner Tattoos
1 Strong Bad Tattoo
3 BadtzMaru figures
BadtzMaru FruitChews
BadtzMaru Egg-Shaped bubblegum
BadtzMaru LightSwitch Cover
BadtzMaru Calculator
Porno Haus Demo CD
Rubber Whale
Rubber Alligator
Rubber Hammerhead shark
Caribeaner
Sobe Lid "got duct tape?"

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