tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post4382069709276952552..comments2023-06-04T04:11:05.291-07:00Comments on Santa Cruz Trains: Laguna & NugaDerek Whaleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715926686413316877noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post-32715727821574895442015-02-07T14:47:47.256-08:002015-02-07T14:47:47.256-08:00I'm a little too lazy, and no longer living in...I'm a little too lazy, and no longer living in the immediate area, but I was always interested in unscrambling the original path and history of the Salinas River, Elkhorn Slough, the old Elkhorn railroad stop, and even that one last building that housed a gun club before its demolition (around 1985). The PVC Railroad and its route, the Monterey & Salinas Valley (?) narrow-gauge, and there is even a Monterey, Fresno & Eastern Railroad on an old map of Watsonville that I'm looking at right now. I guess that I'm a fan of the long view of things, especially when they have remained so inexplicably hidden.Grantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post-43325759886817543842015-02-07T11:08:32.042-08:002015-02-07T11:08:32.042-08:00Another interesting article, Derek! The map you s...Another interesting article, Derek! The map you show a portion of includes two railroads long<br />gone. Just below the Southern Pacific track is the streetcar line you mentioned, the<br />Watsonville Traction Company, also known as the Watsonville Railroad & Navigation Company,<br />which by one source operated from 1904-13, paralleling Beach Road out to Port Watsonville<br />from Watsonville. Below that, is the Pajaro Valley Consolidated Railroad which ran parallel<br />to the Pajaro River for a stretch and ran from Watsonville to the Salinas area from 1890-1929.<br />Duncan Nanneynoreply@blogger.com