Calipatria to Westmorland

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• States: California   
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The Westmorland Branch

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Point of Interest

The only hard evidence of this abandoned line comes in the form of an old wooden trestle near Walker Road outside of Westmorland. View is facing generally northeast. Photo by Mike Palmer, January 2005.

ICC Abandonment Filings

SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
Docket Number: 26368	Date: 10/5/1970	Section: 1(18)
Applic. for auth. to abandon a portion of its Westmorland Branch between the junction switch at Calipatria, MP 676.027, and the end of the branch at Westmorland, MP 688.820, a distance of approx. 12.793 miles, together with all spur track, sidings and appurtenances, all within the County of Imperial, California. Applicant proposes to retain that portion of said branch between MP 676.027 and MP 676.490, at Calipatria, Calif., a distance of 0.463 miles for operating purposes as siding and yard trackage.
Length: 12.793 miles	Citation:

SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
Docket Number: AB-12 Sub 6	Date: 12/14/1972	Section: 1(18)
Applic. for authority to abandon a line of RR known as the Westmoreland Branch between MP 676.027 and MP 676.490, a distance of 0.463 mi. at Calipatria, Imperial County, Calif.
Length: 0.463 miles	Citation:

As you come into Calipatria on Hwy 111 North if you look real close off to your left you can see some of the roadbed that is left from this branch. It is covered with trash and weeds now. A dirt road follows it going west.

Skeeter Rose
El Centro, CA
4/28/2010

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I once read that when the tracks ran to Westmorland, that was the lowest point in the USA for a railroad. The lowest point now is the UP mainline to Yuma just east of Mortmar siding, MP 535.5

Paul McGuffin
Green Valley, AZ, AZ
6/22/2010

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