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Re: An intersting History of this Newhall Interchange
Author: mikeb
Date: 10-14-2007 - 19:54

I believe the rail line in the vicinity of the 5/14 - 5/210 - 5/405 interchanges was damaged in the 1971 earthquake where they crossed the surface fault zone. The fallen bridges were a problem too, including some that fell on the RR. Numerous reports were written about the earthquake, though there was little focus on railroads - the road and hospital damage was much more spectacular!

April/May 1971 "California Geology" issue focused entirely on the earthquake, and had lots of pictures. Text of the major articles (unfortunately, no pictures) can be read at: [www.lafire.com]

Picture of I-5 bridges fallen (in 1971) on the RR (during cleanup): [libraryphoto.cr.usgs.gov]
Another USGS picture of RR damage during reconstruction: [libraryphoto.cr.usgs.gov]
Closeup of where the I-5 bridge fell on the RR: [libraryphoto.cr.usgs.gov]

Enough of what you can find with a little Googling?

The 1994 earthquake caused minimal RR damage in the area of this interchange. IIRC Metrolink was running their suddenly added Palmdale service within a couple of days.

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  Re: Train movements affected - Amtrak Busses LA to BAK Daniel3197 10-13-2007 - 12:13
  Re: Train movements affected - Amtrak Busses LA to BAK mikeb 10-13-2007 - 19:09
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  Re: Train movements affected - Amtrak Busses LA to BAK mikeb 10-13-2007 - 20:11
  Re: Train movements affected - Amtrak Busses LA to BAK mikeb 10-13-2007 - 20:22
  Re: Train movements affected - Amtrak Busses LA to BAK mikeb 10-13-2007 - 20:28
  Don't know which is worse... cajon 10-13-2007 - 20:47
  Re: Don't know which is worse... George Andrews 10-14-2007 - 14:10
  Re: Don't know which is worse... cajon 10-14-2007 - 16:17
  An intersting History of this Newhall Interchange Coleman Randall, Jr 10-14-2007 - 16:57
  Re: An intersting History of this Newhall Interchange mikeb 10-14-2007 - 19:54
  Re: An intersting History of this Newhall Interchange Carol L. Voss 10-15-2007 - 13:00
  Re: Don't know which is worse... jst3751 10-15-2007 - 11:19
  Re: Don't know which is worse... cajon 10-15-2007 - 12:51
  Re: Don't know which is worse... George Andrews 10-15-2007 - 18:56
  Re: Don't know which is worse... David Maxwell 10-16-2007 - 11:13


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