California
Los Angeles
Blue Line
Honest to God. This
really happened. The SP installed an 89-91 degree diamond backwards
and the track gang came along laying the track to "blueprint" and
the rails didn't line up. Just like the Polish Gold Spike ceremony
in the famous cartoon.
This was at the Slauson
Junction crossing of the SP and ATSF. The old SP line to the left
was ripped out and the trolleys now ramp up to a flyover, over the Santa
Fe, parallel to the SP which of course stays down on the ground.
View looks north along the
SP alignment.
Bill Volkmer photo
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