A Historic Place in Southern California for many years, Even there were running gun battles over the crossing back when, Even the Famous Man of the West walked there, Mr. Wyatt Earp when the Earps lived in Colton(no, I was not there then)! However Enjoyed working in the Valley for the Santa Fe for 36 years. Many of the older homes in town were build out of Pallets from the Pacific Fruit Express that moved to Tucson Arizona in the 50's.

@walterjaygould1357

5 жыл бұрын

Is it finally compleyrf? Is there any video of it in use?

Trains come and go, but great structures are there to be enjoyed 24/7.

I live in Colton When I was little I thought it was Radiator Springs 🚗 🌵

this is the closest we'll get to a railroad interchange...

I see no reason why tax money should have been used for this.

@whiteknightcat

6 жыл бұрын

I guess you don't drive on streets and highways then.

@chuckgilly

3 жыл бұрын

Yahhh, that tax money could have been better spent studying the mating habits of the "Purple Mumbacuni Frog".

My car doesn't have flanged wheels so I don't drive on railroad tracks. I pay taxes for roads, not freight railroads. By the way, I support private enterprise rail. But, they need to be funded with private capitol, there have been to many instances of tax money being used in this manner.

@PanosSkarp

5 жыл бұрын

@phillyslasher that's so accurate. But still China is going to be the king if taxpayers keep complaining about something that makes their country greater and richer. While paying for highways makes the country poorer.

@ColonelClusterFunk

5 жыл бұрын

On a bigger scale, clearing a bottleneck like this where, like they said, up to 40% of the nation's imports pass through, has a ripple effect on the economy. It makes transportation much more efficient, and ultimately creates jobs down the line. Freight railroads, although huge and relatively profitable, still need some government support on projects of this size or they'd be headed the way of Penn Central.

@kofola9145

4 жыл бұрын

@@ColonelClusterFunk No, they do not. Union Pacific has more than enough to cash to fix this. But why would they? It was not their bottleneck. It was Colton city bottleneck. If this was an actual bottleneck, they would fix it 100 years ago. But it is not, because who cares if it takes 72 hours or 72 hours and 45 minutes. But Colton city cares about idling diesels and noise, so they pay the price and fix those issues. Of course, then we have people who pay taxes so truckers can pulverize Socialist roads with their 40+ tons vehicles without paying the price, and complain about private railroads.