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| Cape Horn as
seen from Burnt Flat |
Cape Horn's
Granite Block Retaining Walls added in the 1920's |
West portal
of Tunnel #33 -- nicknamed the "Panama Canal" -- which carries Track#1
through Cape Horn (Track#2 is in the foreground) |
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| Track#2 entering
Cape Horn just past the West portal of Tunnel#33 (looking East) |
Rock Slide Dectector
Fence protecting Track#2 on the West half of Cape Horn (looking East) |
Rock Slide Dectector
Fence protecting Track#2 on the West half of Cape Horn (looking West) |
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| The upper (excavated)
face of Cape Horn above Track#2 [1] |
The upper (excavated)
face of Cape Horn above Track#2 [2] |
The upper (excavated)
face of Cape Horn above Track#2 showing Rock Slide Dectector Fence (looking
West) |
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| Example of the soft fissile metamorphic slate from which Cape Horn was excavated in 1865-66. (Click above for additional images and details.) |
The first of
six lead units of an Eastbound UPRR freight passing the Rock Slide Dectector
Fence on Track#1 (August 4, 2003) |
View of Burnt
Flat (near left) from the main retaining wall at Cape Horn; Slaughter Ravine
is beyond the ridge (right) and the American River flows through the far
cañon (left) |
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| View of Burnt
Flat (right) and the North Fork of the American River (in cañon
on left) from just East of the midpoint of Cape Horn |
Track#2 just
beyond the midpoint of Cape Horn (looking East) |
Track#2 and
the top of the main granite block retaining wall (left) of Cape Horn (looking
West) [1] |
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| Track#2 and
the top of the main granite block retaining wall (left) of Cape Horn (looking
West) [2] |
Track#2 and
the top of the main granite block retaining wall (left) of Cape Horn (looking
West) [3] |
Track#2 approaching
the Eastern end of Cape Horn (looking East) |
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| Track#2 approaching
the Eastern end of Cape Horn (looking West) [1] |
Track#2 approaching
the Eastern end of Cape Horn (looking West) [2] |
Track#2 approaching
the Eastern end of Cape Horn (looking West) [3] |
