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Tunnels #3&4 (1866)
 Tunnels #38&39 (1924)
at Cisco, CA

[MP180]

39.3021ºN, 120.5360Wº

Alt: 5,982' MSL


(Click on each image to see at full size.)

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USGS Topographical Map of Cisco, CA, and Red Mountain.
(Scale: 1:24,000)

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Cisco, CA....Today Track#2 (left) and Track#1 (right) at Cisco, looking West Track#1 (left) and Track#2 (right) at Cisco, looking East, approaching Tunnels#3 and #38
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Track#1 (left), Track#2 (right), and the West portal of Tunnel#38 (built 1924), looking East Westbound UPRR freight exiting Tunnel#38 on Track#2 Westbound UPRR freight approaching Cisco on Track#2
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Track#1(original CPRR grade) approaching tunnel #3, looking East West portal, Tunnel#3 and Track#1 (original CPRR grade), looking East West portal, Tunnel#3 with short snowshed, looking East
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Interior of Tunnel#3 looking East from the West portal Interior granite wall, Tunnel#3 [1] Interior granite wall, Tunnel#3 [2]
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Interior of Tunnel#3, looking West Interior of Tunnel#3, looking West from the East portal East portal, Tunnel#3 and Track#1 (original CPRR grade) [1]
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East portal, Tunnel#3 and Track#1 (original CPRR grade) [2] East portal, Tunnel#3 and Track#1 (original CPRR grade) [3] View from the East portal of Tunnel#3 down Track#1 toward Tunnels#4&#39, looking East
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Mile Post 180 at Tunnel#4 (left) and Tunnel#39 (right), looking East Tunnel#4 and Tunnel#39, looking East from MP180 Looking East down Track#2 at the West portal of Tunnel#39 and Tunnel#4 (left)

Compare with Historic CPRR Sierra Grade Construction Views (1864-1869).

Digitized and Ortho-rectified Aerial Image Courtesy USGS (annotation added):
Annoted USGS Digitized and Ortho-rectified Aerial Image

Digital photography and images by Bruce C. Cooper.

BCC@CPRR.org  ©2003


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