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Newcastle, Auburn,
Bloomer Cut, & Colfax
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Newcastle, Auburn,
Bloomer Cut, & Colfax
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| Original CPRR Grade about 1/4 mile west of Newcastle, CA, then known as NewCastle, AltaCal'a | Original CPRR Grade at NewCastle Cut, just East of Newcastle, CA, and now bypassed by Tunnel#18 | Monument near Track#1 in Auburn, CA, to the CPRR's some 10,000 Chinese construction workers |
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| West end of Bloomer Cut, Track#1 (looking East) | Midpoint of Bloomer Cut, Track#1 (looking West) | Midpoint of Bloomer Cut, Track#1 (looking East) |
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| Statue of Schulyer Colfax, Vice President of the US (1869-73), Colfax, CA | Track#1&2 at the AMTRAK Station, Colfax, CA | G.J. "Chris" Graves, Schuyler Colfax, & Charles "Chuck" Sweet |
ADDITIONAL IMAGES OF NEWCASTLE TRESTLE AND THE NEWCASTLE GRADE
Compare with Historic CPRR Sierra Grade Construction Views (1864-1869).
Digitized and Ortho-rectified Aerial Image Courtesy USGS (annotation
added):
Digital photography and images by Bruce C. Cooper.
BCC@CPRR.org ©2003
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