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surfer jim
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Tecate Train....
Saw a show on public tv called "TECATE TRAIN" by Huel Howser ( he gets on my nerves after a while..:lol ....runs from Campo to Tecate once a month for a day trip...with tour of the Tecate Beer facility if you want.....Costs
$40......looked like a good trip.....anybody done this trip or seen the show?....trips sold out until next year.... but might make a fun NOMAD get
together at some time......
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David K
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Agreed... we should do it...
The only place in the world where you cross an international border UNDERGROUND is in a tunnel on that railroad line (The San Diego & Arizona
Eastern).
The Squarecircle has details!
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Bob H
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As Huel would say "That's AMAZING!"
Yep, would be a fun get-together, for sure.
More info here...
http://www.bajatimes.com/gtecatodo.html
Bob H
[Edited on 9-29-2006 by Bob H]
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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Barry A.
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The railroad---SD&AER---
----back in mid-' 70's I hiked that rail line from around Jucumba down to the desert thru Carrizo Gorge-------many tunnels and spectacular
bridges-------and a great hike (as most down-hill hikes are :lol. Since that
time TS Kathleen (1976), and another TS in ' 77 did a number on the line, washing it out in places, and the main tressel took a beating in a fire
after that, I believe. But, I still think this would make a great day-hike if you could leave a car at the base of the hill.
The idea of a NOMADS trip on the train is super, tho it does not go down Carrizo gorge, which is sad.
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leadmoto
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Last I heard the Carrizo Gorge train tracks were restored, and no pedestrians allowed near tracks.
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aha baja
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Huell would also say.... Oh my gosh!..Oh my gosh!
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bajadogs
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I'm in!
I love the tracks and Tecate. I've always wanted to take the train. Spent last weekend hiking around the desert and made my way up the tracks a bit
from Indian Hill and Dos Cabezas. (probably not supposed to hike on or near the tracks) There is evidence of recent work to get the tracks operational
again.
A friend of mine had a little problem while mountainbiking down the gorge a few years back - pretty amazing video on this site -
http://www.mountainbikebill.com/MilesCrash.htm
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neilmac
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Actually, Dave....
I suspect there are a number of border-crossing tunnels... I hope they haven't progressed to trains, yet!
Neil
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Agreed... we should do it...
The only place in the world where you cross an international border UNDERGROUND is in a tunnel on that railroad line (The San Diego & Arizona
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The Squarecircle has details! |
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BajaWarrior
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Even when the tracks were not restored three friends and myself recieved $103 tickets for hiking on the tracks and climbing up and over a closed off
tunnel. I believe it was the one pictured above.... And yes, there were signs that said no, but hey, we drove all the way down there, and just had to
do it. I'm going to say it was worth $$ for the hike as we did cross Carrizo gorge trestle and back again. Beautiful country! This was before the
burn, so it would have been 15 years ago.
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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Cypress
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bajadogs and BajaWarrior. Looks like tuff country! Thanks for the picture. Makes me sweat just looking at the picture.
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surfer jim
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CHECK OUT...... <www.sdrm.org/events/tecate/>
[Edited on 9-29-2006 by surfer jim]
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4baja
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thanks for the video, reminds me of a quad ride i did awhile ago.
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aha baja
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Yea it kinda reminds me of the time a guy I know took me out for a hot lap on his kawasaki mule when he was s-it faced and ran over anything growing.
He wound up slamming it into a sand berm at 20 mph and came to a dead stop instantly(slamming my right knee into the all metal dash board. It hurt
like all get out for over a month but you know what I FORGAVE HIM FOR THAT and didn't tell american cops about it (like about my Corona street sign)
as if they could have done something about it anyway.
[Edited on 01-19-2004 by aha baja]
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by surfer jim
Saw a show on public tv called "TECATE TRAIN" by Huel Howser ( he gets on my nerves after a while..:lol....runs from Campo to Tecate once a month for a day trip...with tour of the Tecate Beer facility if you want.....Costs
$40......looked like a good trip.....anybody done this trip or seen the show?....trips sold out until next year.... but might make a fun NOMAD get
together at some time...... |
Sometimes I think if I hear "WOW" one more time, I will scream.  But I think he
has a great job! Met him once, and he really is a nice person.
We really want to do that Tecate Train sometime.
Diane
Love the picture of the tracks!
[Edited on 10-26-2006 by jdtrotter]
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bajadogs
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More pix
As mentioned above, I should not have been on or near the tracks.
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bajadogs
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This one is less incriminating
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bajadogs
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Finally, a view above Mortero Palms. Tough hike, but awesome.
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DENNIS
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Oh mygosh --- That's amazing..
I can just see about a thousand baseball caps running toward me from inside the tunnel.
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bajadogs
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HA! Nobody for miles!
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DianaT
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Thanks for sharing more pictures---those are great
Diane
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