"The Impossible Railroad"

San Diego's Impossible Railroad as reported by Haley for her 4th grade California history class.
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[@garylsmalley]

Haley, I'm 72 years old and you are the first person that has made the subject of history not only interesting but also enjoyable. You have done a fine job of exploring the impossible railroads challenging past. I hope you received an A+ on your project. You may have a future in this line of work!!

[@michaelmckenzie5232]

Better reporting than on the mainstream media, Good job!

[@jdmans]

This is 1000x better than anything I did in 4th or even 7th grade...thanks so much for posting

[@richardgray115]

Agreed 100percent

[@MegaLivingIt]

😺 Very good

[@pravoslavn]

Haley, Your presentation is also commendable in that you knew exactly where you were going as you developed your narration, and did not pepper it with Uh's and Ah's (which is most distracting.) Good work !

[@richardtibbitts3841]

First-rate job, Haley! Excellent reporting.

[@timcoyle50]

Congratulations young lady, that is one of the better reports I've seen, better than must adults!!

[@bullsboat1]

Nice job young lady, we'll thought out, excellent presentation and full of fun facts...you'll go far, keep up the good work.

[@dmp9135]

I wouldn't want to play the game -- Are You Smarter than a Fourth Grader!

[@pattysternjacob731]

I did not know that history surrounding SD. Thank you. Outstanding job!!

[@Totally-trailer]

So Glad you liked it, thank you for the comment!

[@PeterT1981]

Haley, I am so glad that I stumbled across your video. It’s absolutely difficult for me to believe that this was created and produced by a fourth grade student. But, I’ll overcome my disbelief and just say congratulations in such a job well done! I look back on the projects that I recall working on in the fourth grade. I believe that most involved construction paper, elbow macaroni, glue* and glitter. This video was done with high production values; excellent presentation; superbly researched scripting and it’s enjoyably “information dense”. You have a brilliant future ahead as a presenter or writer or researcher in whatever medium you should select. Again thank you Haley! I’ve subscribed and I look forward to perusing more of your work. Best of luck in your future endeavors. (* We had to use glue because a kid named Buddy McCorkle ate all of the paste)

[@pravoslavn]

Congratulations, Haley, on your ability to use the Subjunctive Mode of the verb properly ! You got it exactly right when you said, "Can you imagine if San Diego were are large as..." Most Americans today are ignorant of of the mechanics of their native language and would use the Indicative Mode of the verb, saying "If San Diego was as large as..." which is just plain old wrong ! Good job, Haley. Keep up the good work. Speaking and writing correctly is the mark of an educated person... which you want to be ! (By the way, I was a railroader for 46 years, which led me to your video.)

[@doublediamond9830]

I was stationed in SD in the early 90's. Heard about other historic parts of the area but never heard about this. Now I have another great reason to return for a visit! Maybe Haley can be our tour guide. 😉

[@GnatManAllinCoIronWorks]

I'm a railroad buff,and your daughter in forth grade is more eloquent at speaking of them than myself. LOL Look forward to discovering your RV adventures. Thank you for sharing. C-Ya!,,,,Peace!

[@HILLERYYARD]

nice info Haley,,didnt know this about San Diego..great job.learned alot.

[@dutch2120]

Fantastic video Haley!!! Wish all kids would study and do history projects like you, Well done!!

[@VernonWallace]

Thank you for your presentation. I was born and raised in San Diego and didn't know about the railroad museum in Campo

[@jerrydensmore2887]

Wonderful job young lady.

[@Totally-trailer]

Thank you for your kind words!

[@RichardRBrown-hl7gi]

Miss Haley, you’re gonna go far it was a pleasure and an honor to get to know you take care love Richard

[@markfortin421]

Greetings from Michigan, Haley! I 💘 LOVE your presentation about a railroad I'd never heard of. Very informative, well thought out, and a stunning presentation, worthy of notice from TV stations in your area. They would be hard pressed to do a story as polished as you did... 👏 BRAVO...your future looks 🌞 bright. ✌😁

[@horrorman9]

Thank you Haley! Great job!

[@J3scribe]

Excellent presentation!

[@65csx83]

4th grade teachers in my area could not have done a presentation of that quality.

[@DrLumpy]

Nice job indeed, young student of history. Nice to see young people enjoying learning. Thanks!

[@prepper4life27]

Wow great train vid. All info with no weird music...thank you.

[@The13thSword]

A Railfan in the making? Excellent job; complete, concise & interesting. I think KZbin Railfan posters should be quaking in their boots right about now...

[@johnyee9688]

Haley, that's awesome! Very informative. Keep up the good work.

[@robertblack3452]

Fantastic job Haley, very informative and you made it interesting as well. Keep up the great work.

[@2MattPrescott]

Awesome video. Perfectly put together. I enjoyed watching it. Just got back from the tracks last night. Great job

[@ericsjursen7494]

An absolutely outstanding job!! Very informative. Please do not pay attention to those 13 individuals who for whatever reason did not enjoy your video. Keep up the great work.

[@ajetpilot]

Wonderful history!

[@whiteknightcat]

FOURTH GRADE? This is an IMPRESSIVE little video, and reasonably accurate. Excellent job!

[@allenra530]

A very nice job, Haley. You got most of your information correct and did a very good job on the narration. However, the railroad was not donated to San Diego. SANDAG had to buy it from Southern Pacific in order to use the western part for the San Diego Trolley. Also, the grade through the Carrizo Gorge is not that steep. The steepest part of the railroad is just east of the top of the pass, between Jacumba and High Pass. If you want more information, I suggest that you find a PBS video that was produced by Richard and Marianne Gerdes in about 2000 or 2001 for KPBS San Diego. It had the same name as your report.

[@horseymchoriseyg8657]

I am a big fan of Railroad and train history, Thank you for this video its very well done.

[@Totally-trailer]

Thanks for the comment and happy to hear you enjoyed the video and history. We are train and history enthusiasts ourselves and imparting that on her!

[@ivyandroses4373]

Fantastic !! Informative and pleasurable to watch.

[@dlagrua]

GREAT JOB. Excellent info . You did this like a pro.

[@alexpiper9475]

good show! please do more!

[@deathvalley1592]

EXCELLENT JOB HALEY. VERY INFORMATIVE. THANK YOU!!!

[@scvandy3129]

I've arrived at this video a year and a half late. May I say: "It's so superb, it was worth the wait." Driving back and forth from southern California to Yuma, AZ on Interstate 8 (to visit relatives) causes me to be overly familiar with this extremely rugged terrain, though I haven't been on the train. Haley's journalistic piece makes me certain to stop in Campo on a future drive. Feedback: The information presented by our hostess expertly blends with the video. That means: Haley wrote a darn good script. She makes good use of the visual displays at the museum and the internet. Having her camera on a tripod and Haley speaking into a handheld mike adds to the professional touch. And makes her look professional, like she's taking the assignment seriously and is determined not to bore or disappoint her audience (or teacher!). Now, to all who have come here, I enthusiastically recommend the exciting motion picture "Beggars of Life." It stars Wallace Beery and Louise Brooks, who indeed filmed on these very tracks under the direction of the acclaimed filmmaker William Wellman. Don't let the 1928 production date deter you. "Beggars of Life" is compelling, raw, real-to-life, exciting and accurate for the times. Within all that is a believable love story to boot. And oh that train! The restored BluRay and DVD edition from 2016 has informative bonus material that includes historical facts about the line, plus of course "behind-the-scenes" tales. Note to Haley's parents: After you pre-screen it for suitability, and then watch it with your daughter, I imagine she could work up quite an original assignment for either art, English, drama, geology or history class.

[@SmokeStack684]

FANTASTIC video!!!!

[@albertaheiserer4443]

Haley, so hope you and your classmates got A+ Great work!!!

[@RobertBOUSKILL]

Excellent job. Very satisfying that future historian will be there to tell the truth. I was only at San Diego once but now I wish I knew about this story. Loved that town.

[@geraldmiller]

Excellent report!

[@scubarider1]

Great report! What a talented young lady!

[@ibizenco]

This was very interesting - and well done. Compliments!

[@veeess7274]

Haley is adorable! I want to know what she eventually does in life. Future newscaster/reporter?

[@PetesProjects0]

Excellent presentation

[@appleguy1986]

Great job, Haley! A+

[@vondumozze738]

Well done!

[@prestonspinks137]

Excellent job young lady.

[@thavvolf9157]

Very well done 👍👍👍

[@rich2034]

A+++++++++!! Very well done!

[@Totally-trailer]

Aww thanks so much Rich! 😀

[@michaeltolchard6224]

Nice job!

[@nocturnal7312]

Outstanding Job !!

[@Totally-trailer]

Thanks Nocturnal, we were very proud of her :)

[@cdavid8139]

Well done. Great delivery and with time you will only improve.

[@eezyclsmooth9035]

4 th grade ! She has the skill of a college major. I wonder what TV station she works in 2020.

[@hihatwallis3408]

that's great. people need to know about history and the beautiful Railroads that where also hard to build because the people who built them will live on and not forgotten and they maybe people in your own family that who had worked on a railroad

[@johnmoar7658]

AT LEAST ITS STILL THERE

[@NMjack2000]

Very nice video and good job of telling the story about this railroad. I recently researched for myself about the Arizona & California Railway. I had heard a little bit about it years ago when I first started railroading. Just thinking about all the hard manual labor that it took for those workers to do all that is amazing. Thank you for sharing your videos. A - 1 Fine Job.

[@Totally-trailer]

Thank you! It's a fascinating story and so sad that the railroad doesn't go through anymore. Have you ever had a chance to visit? It's beautiful!

[@wanderlust101]

Great job, Haley!

[@Totally-trailer]

Thanks so much for the compliment! She said thank you :)

[@flaminglaughter]

You’ll be doing that on TV one day soon if that’s what you want to do!

[@Wag2112]

You may have gotten some forgotten history as well, Lionel released the O scale model of Fairbanks Morse TrainMaster diesel locomotive in Virginian and some others , but I have never seen the model painted in the SD&A scheme - which is most likely very important due to the front end Smile paint scheme captured that you show at 2:14 on the bridge. Great catch . That is a very known design that shows up on most Southern Pacif freight engines of the day. I didn't realize it was not SP's design . . . I take it SP absorbed the SD&A .

[@MrJimbaloid]

Well done all the way from England young lady very nice vid.

[@COASTERFAN-sw9hj]

nice job

[@frankd.5424]

A solid A+!

[@JimMcNabb44]

good job

[@331Grabber]

Well done. :)

[@TedNewkirk]

Very impressive!

[@Totally-trailer]

Thank you

[@GoogsMindbent]

Great to see kids with such enthusiasm for Railways! Especially a Girl! she's the next generation of rail worker i tell'ya!..... Ether that or Rail historian! XD XD XD Great job! keep up the good work!

[@daseteam]

Very well done! Hello from Germany.

[@Totally-trailer]

Hi daseteam, thanks for the note from Germany! Hope all is well and a hello back from Utah :)

[@dbpearce0946]

What a Great Report!!!! You get a AAA+++++ Thanks!!

[@Totally-trailer]

Thanks for the kind comment....she memorized that the same day and impressed the heck out of her teacher too!

[@wvrr1887]

excellent presentation

[@Totally-trailer]

Thank you!

[@xCharjx]

Is that US army Loco the one featured in " There goes a Train?"

[@Howrider65]

Good job. Hope to see you on local news soon. As far as this railroad it's a lost cause it would cost at least a billion dollars to get it into shape in 2023. So, nobody in their right mind would put out this much money for this deadline. It's hard now to keep everyday track in shape across the USA now.

[@jackyoungblood8011]

That is great.My house is three doors down from what has been rated as the best 1-4 school in Portland and none of them would be able to do that.

[@sammarachino5427]

Impressive!!! Might be a news caster hiding inside you!

[@Coolbreeze61]

that was pretty awesome for such a young person, you could probably get doing video history lessons, have you thought about doing more history videos?

[@scottpool4777]

You inform me thank you very very much😊😊😊😊

[@relentlesscactus]

This young woman has a bright future.

[@homeandelectronicsstop1599]

interesting

[@jhorne18]

F.Y.I. See: "Eastbound Cab Ride Through Carrizo Gorge HD" - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmeZoZl_asuop7s "Watch in High Definition! The Carrizo Gorge Railway is a short line freight operator that ran on the old San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway between Plaster City (west of El Centro in the Imperial Valley) and the US border at Tijuana. ... This video is of a cab ride one on of the recent Maintenance of Way trips from Jacumba, through the famed Carrizo Gorge and across the Goat Canyon trestle, before continuing on east to Plaster City." Also: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWi3oXeYmqaZptE

[@naturalnaynay6185]

❤❤❤❤❤🥰🥰🥰👍🏼

[@hamiltonsullivan6563]

Potb is second by a few feet

[@iamacarnut]

The new .huell howser....We need you girl...Very impressed...God is watching over you..Dont stop...Please

[@ivanreis1538]

BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.

[@hamiltonsullivan6563]

And the port of tillamook bay was called punk, nasty, and rotten and it progressed untill 2005

[@TickledFunnyBone]

I thought this was Green Screen at first lol

[@xanadujohn79]

An AAAAAA+++++++ Their are 3 or 4 Metra cars stuck out in the desert...

[@scvandy3129]

Upon my second (enthusiastic) viewing of Haley's report I discovered an error. (Horrors!) Our intelligent, engaging lady-with-the-answers says the Goat Trestle is 85 feet high. "Hmm." Seeing the photos she provides I became skeptical. A check on the internet confirms my suspicion. The stated height is 186 feet. With some technical know-how, the mistake can be corrected, by dubbing in the correct statistic. Among the calamities encountered in the railroad's construction a hundred years ago that Haley mentions is the Influenza Epidemic. While the 2017 - 18 flu season's accumulating death totals are just a fraction of what befell our country back then, it is interesting that a hundred years later this ailment is quite prominent in national news.

[@alexspb4455]

Man, i was nursing a semi just watching that girl )

[@arandomtrip8082]

Yea ok but los Angeles haves two major global important cargo Ports with many railroads that the entire nation depends! Just like china!so therefore los Angeles have more and more important transportation! So don't put los Angeles in a low rate here!