1. The lead switch for California Door Co/ D & C off the SP Placerville Branch. Located on Missouri Flat Rd.
2. A few years later and the switch along with a few hundred feet of track has been removed.
Currently a pedestrian bridge is being constructed here over Missouri Flat Rd for the El Dorado Trail. 3. Google street view from Missouri Flat Rd showing where the main lead into the lumber yards ran.
4. The D & C ran along the south side of the SP depot site. Some rail is still in evidence.
5. This field was once the site of the engine house and car shops along Missouri Flat Rd.
6.-7. The box factory building still stands. One of the last remaining structures.
8. Industrial Drive was the site of the log dump. The pond would be on the left with the mill on the right.
9. What is left of the log pond. Most of it has been filled and developed.
10. The water tower for the mill still stands as well.
11. The Diamond Springs engine house circa 1951. (Steven Karoly Collection)
12. Triple stub switch leading to the engine house. (Richard Thomas/John Barnhill Collection)
13. Water tower at the Diamond Springs engine house. (John Barnhill Collection)
14. The lineup includes, l to r, #7, #8, #10 and #4. (John Barnhill Collection)
1. Looking south across China Garden Rd, Missouri Station sits approximately where the planing mill and a large
lumber shed were located.
2. Just behind Missouri station looking back towards the image 1.
3. Opposite view from image 2 heading towards Caldor along Old Mill Rd. Here a siding ran along the main.
4. The other end of the siding looking back towards image 3 along Holly Dr E/Old Mill Rd.
5. The China Garden Rd xing looking back towards image 4.
6. The same spot as image 5 but looking eastward.
7. Just a few hundred feet further east than image 6 still looking eastward.
8.-9. At the Lime Kiln Rd grade crossing, image 8 looks west back toward the previous photo. Image 9 continues
eastward towards the popular photo spot of the Highway 49 grade crossing.
10. Taken at the beginning of Happy Ln, this image looks back west across the Highway 49 xing.
11. Image 11 follows the mainline eastward down Happy Lane from the same location and image 10.
12. At the opposite end of Happy Lane on Racquet Way, this image looks raiload west back towards image 11.
13. Looking eastward from the same location, there isn't much left to see until the line crosses Pleasant Valley Rd.
USGS Lidar and Google satellite views marked with the previous image locations.
14.-15. Pleasant Valley Rd grade crossing. Image 14 looks back towards image 13 in the previous section.
In image 15, the line continues towards Caldor.
16. View railroad east along Canyon Valley Rd.
17. Continuing eastward, the line leaves Canyon Valley Rd here.
18. Hauling empties back to the woods, #8 crosses Pleasant Valley Rd on its climb to Tiger Lily. (Mark Almer Collection)
19. Current Google street view of the same spot. Note Pleasant Valley Rd has been realigned slightly here.
20. Opposite view of image 19 headed towards Big Cut Road.
21. A decent climb east to Tiger Lily starts here at the crossing of Big Cut Rd.
USGS Lidar and Google satellite views marked with the previous image locations.
Tiger Lily to Bucks Bar
The climb from Big Cut Rd up to and through Tiger Lily has several features that show very well on Lidar including
re-alignments, several trestles, and many cuts and fills. Locations for images 21 and 22/23 are also marked.
22.-25. Approching the top of the climb near Oak Hill Rd, the line then crosses Pleasant Valley Rd. The two parallel each other
to about Scotch Pine Ln where the railroad descends south to Peace Trail eventually to cross Hunchup Creek on a large trestle.
26.-27. Looking back west at Hanks Exchange Rd. The line crosses and follows Abel Ln. From here it parallels Hunchup Creek to Bucks Bar Rd.
28.-29. West and east Google street views at Bucks Bar Rd grade crossing.
USGS Lidar and Google satellite views marked with the previous image locations. Topo map shows the Bucks Bar Rd. xing.
Bucks Bar to Cosumnes River Bridge
This series of USGS Lidar images follow the line as it descends from the Bucks Bar Rd grade crossing to the Cosumnes River bridge.
The first image is marked with photo locations of images 28 and 29 above. The third image is marked with the photo locations of the following two images.
4.-5. Shortly after crossing the Cosumnes River is the Happy Valley Rd Xing.
6.-7. Image six and seven both look westward. Six is a couple hundred feet into the interchange, while seven is the entrance.
8. Part of the fill crossing a seasonal creek on the lines' way to Caldor. This fill replaced an earlier trestle indicated in the next image.
This is a zoomed in USGS lidar image of Rodwell showing more features of the location.
USGS Lidar and Google satellite views marked with the previous image locations.
1.-2. Coles Station was a small "yard" with a few tracks, a wye, and oil tanks. Many maps conflate this location with Rodwell because of their similarities.
3.-4. These images show the line crossing Grizzly Flat Road.
5. Google street view of the line as it works its way from Coles Station towards Caldor.
USGS lidar image of Coles Station with photo location and other details marked.
Coles Station to Caldor
This image was taken near the location of Leoni Meadow along Caldor Road. View is towards Caldor.
Much of the line from here to Caldor was burnt over in the Caldor Fire of 2021
1. Heading back towards Diamond Springs, the line leaves Caldor here.
2.-4. These are a few random shots of the main from the first few hundred yards after leaving Caldor.
Diamond Springs
3. Google street view from Missouri Flat Rd showing where the main lead into the lumber yards ran.
