Trains Below Sea Level! [Union Pacific's Yuma Sub]

Video Description

Join us for this fantastic adventure over Beaumont Hill and along the Salton Sea! Running nearly 200 miles between Colton, California and Yuma, Arizona, the Yuma Subdivision is a part of the former Southern Pacific’s Sunset Route, which today serves the Union Pacific as an important rail corridor. It is part of the second Transcontinental Railroad built in the late nineteenth century connecting southern California with Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, and Mexico. The Yuma Subdivision is a diverse piece of railroad with steep mountain grades and high-speed desert running. It climbs over Beaumont Hill through San Timoteo Canyon, and drops down along the shore of the Salton Sea at an elevation of 204 feet below sea-level. It races over the arid desert to a meeting with the Colorado River at the Arizona State line. This busy piece of railroad is mostly double-tracked, seeing a number of high priority intermodal trains along with manifests traveling to and from West Colton Yard. Long stack trains with both DPU and manned helpers out of Indio dig in for the climb over San Gorgonio Pass. This program is available on DVD and Blu-ray at 7ideaproductions.com. https://www.7ideaproductions.com/collections/frontpage/products/union-pacifics-yuma-subdivision 0:00 Intro 2:44 Map 5:44 West Colton 15:23 Colton Diamond and New Flyover 23:40 Redlands 26:58 Ordway 31:41 El Casco 41:49 Hinda 49:50 Beaumont 53:40 Apex 55:37 Robertson 1:00:00 San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farms 1:02:23 Palm Springs [Garnet] 1:12:49 Indio 1:17:32 Coachella 1:20:35 Mecca 1:26:24 Salton Sea 1:29:02 Mortmer 1:30:43 Eagle Mountain Railroad Grade 1:35:51 Bertram 1:39:58 The Niland Geyser at Wister 1:43:07 Niland 1:48:42 Regina 1:54:54 Vipers vs Train 1:56:33 Mesquite 1:59:12 Imperial Sand Dunes 1:59:31 Glamis 2:02:09 Clyde 2:05:41 Cactus 2:11:57 Araz 2:13:32 Winterhaven 2:16:17 Yuma