Cosumnes River Preserve RR bridge - Galt CA
Posted by: 
sbcamper
N 38° 15.480 W 121° 26.010
10S E 637055 N 4235601
The Southern Pacific runs north - south through the Central Valley.
Because much of the land is low lying, the tracks are on raised levees.
Waymark Code: WMK80P
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 02/25/2014
Views: 2
This bridge crosses the lower Cosumnes River at the edge of the preserve. Work crews were replacing track that had buckled on the levees due to sinking. Two trains of over one hundred cars passed in a period of four hours.
The railroad was here before I-5. The self guided trail loops under a concrete land bridge several times. The land rumbles when it goes by.