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SMART Puerto Suello Work Raises Question: Golden Spike Location?
Author: William T. Rothko
Date: 06-28-2015 - 02:17

The gap between the rails in downtown San Rafael and the rails through the tunnel north of town looks like it's going to be closed this coming week. As you can see in these photos, there are just a few hundred feet of ties and rail to be laid to connec the two sections. So, once that's complete, the remaining gap in the SMART main will be a hundred feet of dirt railroad south of Civic Center station. The work north of here was done by Stacy-Whitbeck/Herzog, the work south by Shimmick. Seems like a nice location for a Golden Spike Ceremony.

The wooden ties in the first photo were laid years ago during a freeway widening that resulted in the relocation of the ROW to west. I wonder why they are wooden ties at the south portal of the tunnel?


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  SMART Puerto Suello Work Raises Question: Golden Spike Location? William T. Rothko 06-28-2015 - 02:17
  Re: SMART Puerto Suello Work Raises Question: Golden Spike Location? Burr Wilson 06-28-2015 - 07:16
  Re: SMART Puerto Suello Work Raises Question: Golden Spike Location? Howard 06-28-2015 - 11:16
  Re: SMART Puerto Suello Work Raises Question: Golden Spike Location? Burr Wilson 06-28-2015 - 13:39
  Re: SMART Puerto Suello Work Raises Question: Golden Spike Location? Howard 06-29-2015 - 09:03
  Re: SMART Puerto Suello Work Raises Question: Golden Spike Location? The Odd Duck 06-28-2015 - 14:14
  Re: SMART Puerto Suello Work Raises Question: Golden Spike Location? Joe Magruder 06-28-2015 - 16:59
  Re: SMART Puerto Suello Work Raises Question: Golden Spike Location? Howard 06-29-2015 - 09:31
  Re: SMART Puerto Suello Work Raises Question: Golden Spike Location? William Rothko 06-29-2015 - 10:23
  Re: SMART Puerto Suello Work Raises Question: Golden Spike Location? Here to Help 06-29-2015 - 12:45
  Re: SMART Puerto Suello Work Raises Question: Golden Spike Location? Commenter 06-29-2015 - 14:37
  Re: SMART Puerto Suello Work Raises Questions About Evil Thomas! Brian Peoples for President 06-29-2015 - 15:54
  Re: SMART Puerto Suello Work Raises Questions About Evil Thomas! M. Harris 06-29-2015 - 18:27
  Re: SMART Puerto Suello Work Raises Questions About Evil Thomas! Howard 06-29-2015 - 18:58
  Re: SMART Puerto Suello Work Raises Questions About Evil Thomas! Bealville Greaser 06-29-2015 - 20:44


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