The Impossible Railroad!!! The San Diego & Arizona Railway, Last Transcontinental Railway completed in the US!

Let us know what you thinkMason takes the gang on a ride through the history of the planning, construction, and operation of the only transnational railroad in North America. Learn about how San Diego City founder John D Speckles secretly conspired with southern pacific railroad man Edward Harriman to build the long-awaited line from San Diego to Yuma. What started as a practical idea, turned into battle against nature as construction crews slowly carved the line through a desert mountain landscape facing both the elements and at times hostile revolutionaries to complete 146-mile line. Find out why from almost opening day the line faced a constant struggles against the harsh desert climates and economics of a changing world.  #Californahistory #Railroadhistory #SanDiegohistory #Westernhistory #sandiego&Arizona railway #Southernpacificrailwaymuseum #Johndspreckels # EdwardHarriman #Carrizogorge #GoatCanyonBridge Sources:The Imposable Railroad KPBS San Diego 1999https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id2y3eT5dC8 The Imposable RailroadAll Around Nevada/ by Howard Goldbaum                   https://allaroundnevada.com/impossible-railroad/History of the San Diego and Arizona: San Diego’s “Impossible Railroad”Railway Historical Society of San Diego/ by Richard V Dodge https://www.psrm.org/sda/ John D. Spreckels (1853-1926)The San Diego History Centerhttps://sandiegohistory.org/archives/biographysubject/spreckels/ Well There's Your Problem | Episode 139: The Impossible Railroadhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeHO8g0hDRM  Thanks so much for listening!!!!!Like, subscribe, leave a review, wherever you can!!! Check us out with pictures on YouTube.com @ FalseSummitPodcast and like and subscribe !!!We would love to hear from you!Follow us on Instagram and bluesky @ false_summits_podFeel free to send an email to [email protected] Provided by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/