Carrizo Gorge Railway

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Carrizo Gorge Railway
Reporting marks	CZRY
Locale	Imperial Valley-San Diego, California
Dates of operation	2002 – present
Track gauge	4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge)
Headquarters	Lakeside, California

The Carrizo Gorge Railway (AAR reporting mark CZRY) was created in 2001 to provide passenger and freight service along the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway line between Tijuana, Mexico and Plaster City, California. The other freight operator on the SD&AE, the SD&IV, did not want to invest the $5.5 million dollars necessary to repair the collapsed tunnels and bridges in the Carrizo Gorge. The owners of CZRY, however, believed that the investment would be worthwhile and negotiated trackage rights on the line. The agreement required a fee of 6.9% of the gross revenues from any freight on the SD&AE's Desert Line to Plaster City and $200 per car on any car that would have been brought by the SD&IV to the Coast Line.

Sand hauling is the primary business for the CZRY. The sand is used in making ready-mixed concrete for the construction markets in San Diego County. There is also minor traffic of other goods between the U.S. and Mexico. Rail car storage is another revenue source.

[edit] Motive power

• Two EMD F7A
• One EMD F7B
• Two EMD GP9
• One EMD GP40M-2 , leased by Union Pacific, former Cotton Belt.
• Four EMD GP60 , leased by Union Pacific.
• One Alco S-4 switcher locomotive, ex-RELCO, nee SP.

Additional information regarding the Carrizo Gorge Railway locomotive roster can be found at TrainWeb.org

[edit] See also

• San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway
• San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad
• San Diego Trolley
• San Diego & Arizona Railway
• United States Gypsum operates a narrow-gauge railroad at Plaster City, California.
• List of Mexican railroads

[edit] External links

• Carrizo Gorge Railway official website
• Carrizo Gorge Railway Police Dept. official website
• "Binational Implications of Recent Developments on the San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway", a position statement issued by the Otay Mesa Chamber of Commerce
• "Long-blocked rails on track for reopening", an article in the December 7, 2003 issue of the San Diego Union Tribune
• Pacific Southwest Railway Museum official website
• Mexlist, list of currently operating Mexican railways

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