The north end of Tunnel #16 is blocked by a rock fall. I had to hike around the mountain on the old construction road:
The view from the railroad construction road, looking to the north:
As I came around the end of the mountain, I got a great view of the famous Goat Canyon Trestle. This trestle was built after a massive landslide destroyed the original tunnel. I've added some red lines along the top of the mountain that show how far the slide came down:
The ends of the trestle are blocked off with a chain and metal stakes:
A short tunnel was created when the big trestle was built:
Here are a couple aerial views of the trestle:
The other side of the trestle:
Here is the end of the caved-in tunnel. At the time of the landslide, it was undergoing repairs including reinforcing the portal with concrete. The landslide crushed the tunnel interior and moved the portal at least twenty feet downhill:
The north end of Tunnel #16 is blocked by a rock fall. I had to hike around the mountain on the old construction road:
The view from the railroad construction road, looking to the north:
As I came around the end of the mountain, I got a great view of the famous Goat Canyon Trestle. This trestle was built after a massive landslide destroyed the original tunnel. I've added some red lines along the top of the mountain that show how far the slide came down:
The ends of the trestle are blocked off with a chain and metal stakes:
A short tunnel was created when the big trestle was built:
Here are a couple aerial views of the trestle:
The other side of the trestle:
Here is the end of the caved-in tunnel. At the time of the landslide, it was undergoing repairs including reinforcing the portal with concrete. The landslide crushed the tunnel interior and moved the portal at least twenty feet downhill:
That's it for now. Enjoy!
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...Ray...ya got some great pics there...and that trestle is damn Impressive!...
..hope you will post some Mavic vids of it in the near future?...Nicely Done!...
Pretty awesome that you made the hike out to the trestles. I went there about two years ago and it was exhausting. We camped out by the water tower on the southern side as well, then drove as far as possible before stopping and walking the tracks. I counted about 9mi round trip but at least it was mostly flat. That large cave in was pretty cool to climb over. My only disappointment was that none of the tunnels I went through were actually dark enough to need a flashlight.
Great night pics btw!
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...Ray...ya got some great pics there...and that trestle is damn Impressive!...
..hope you will post some Mavic vids of it in the near future?...Nicely Done!...
Thanks! I did shoot a lot of video with the Mavic, but it's going to take me a while to get something put together for YouTube. I've been really busy this week. Also, I had some minor technical difficulty -- when I was customizing all the settings on the new drone, I forget to set the white balance. Default is "Auto", so the WB keeps changing during the videos. So I'll have to spend some extra time doing color correction on a lot of the footage.
Pretty awesome that you made the hike out to the trestles. I went there about two years ago and it was exhausting. We camped out by the water tower on the southern side as well, then drove as far as possible before stopping and walking the tracks. I counted about 9mi round trip but at least it was mostly flat. That large cave in was pretty cool to climb over. My only disappointment was that none of the tunnels I went through were actually dark enough to need a flashlight.
If you ever make it south of the big trestle, there are a couple of tunnels that are at least a half mile long.
Last week I took another trip out to the Carrizo Gorge. This time my brother-in-law Matt was with me, which was great. We've wanted to do a trip together for years, but he lives in CO so it's never worked out until now. Anyway, we spent the night at the end of the trail, got up just before sunrise, and started hiking at 6:45 a.m.
Here's a shot of Matt hiking the tracks:
I had more camera gear I wanted to bring this time, so I bought a luggage cart and hauled some of it on that:
This worked ok, but the tiny wheels were far from ideal and made for slow going. The round trip to the big trestle and back took eleven hours -- two hours longer than on my previous trip.
The weather was perfect, both for hiking and for flying/photography. It was warm but not overly hot, with winds variable from zero to five mph. During much of the day there was a thin, hazy overcast that not only kept the heat down, but also provided a fantastic diffused light for shooting photos and video.
Here are just a few stills from the many videos I shot:
I have so much video that it's going to take me a while to get it edited into something I can upload. Once I do, you can be sure I'll post it here.
On Monday Cris and I took another little trip up to Julian, CA and spent the night at the historic Julian Gold Rush Hotel. Didn't get to do any off-roading or even get any decent pics of Megaweapon, but here are a few shots from our trip. First up are a couple pics from the one brief drone flight I made, at Mt. Laguna:
I tried to get some photos of the Milky Way but there was a thin hazy cloud cover obscuring all but the brightest stars:
So I played around with shooting some pics of the town after dark. The first two feature the hotel:
Here's a shot of me and Cris in the lobby of the hotel:
I took a pair of my earlier videos, and added a little narration to them. Please let me know what you think, and whether you'd like to have some narration on my future videos:
I took a pair of my earlier videos, and added a little narration to them. Please let me know what you think, and whether you'd like to have some narration on my future videos.
Man, I like that second video. Amazing job. The comments are welcome and just enough. Too much would not be better. Keep up this excellent work!
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I pretty much agree with John the luck, "just enough".
Good job.
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Perfect vehicle as it stands for northern Nevada terrain. Keep it stock - it'll go most anywhere as is.
I have to agree as well, awesome job. Especially that second video. It felt like I was watching an intro into one of those MacGillivray Freeman productions. Keep up the great work.
I finally finished getting some of my Carrizo Gorge video edited and posted!
This is the first in a short series of documentary videos on the historic, scenic Carrizo Gorge and the San Diego & Arizona Railway line that runs through it. This video explores the northern end of the gorge route.
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2016 Trail Edition Classic Silver Metallic with KDSS, sunroof
Daily driver and so far spending about 30% of time/mileage off-road. Previous truck 2004 Land Rover Discovery that also spent about a third of it's life off-road. I HANG AROUND HERE "THE T4R FASHION FORUM" JUST FOR LAUGHS.
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