Carrizo Gorge Railway

Infobox SG rail
railroad_name=Carrizo Gorge Railway
logo_filename=CGRy.jpg
logo_size=143
old_gauge=
marks=CZRY
locale=Imperial Valley-San Diego, California
start_year=2002
end_year=present
hq_city=Lakeside, California

The Carrizo Gorge Railway (AAR reporting mark CZRY) was created in 2001 to provide passenger and freight service along the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway line between Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, and Plaster City, California, United States. The other freight operator on the SD&AE, the SD&IV, did not want to invest the $5.5 million necessary to repair the collapsed tunnels and bridges in the Carrizo Gorge. The owners of CZRY, however, believed that the investment would be worthwhile and negotiated trackage rights on the line. The agreement required a fee of 6.9% of the gross revenues from any freight on the SD&AE's "Desert Line" to Plaster City and $200 per car on any car that would have been brought by the SD&IV to the "Coast Line".

Sand hauling is the primary business for the CZRY. The sand is used in making ready-mixed concrete for the construction markets in San Diego County. There is also minor traffic of other goods between the U.S. and Mexico. Rail car storage is another revenue source.

Motive power

* Two EMD F7A
* One EMD F7B
* Two EMD GP9
* One EMD GP40M-2.
* Four EMD GP60 , leased by Union Pacific.
* One Alco S-4 switcher locomotive, ex-RELCO, nee SP.

Additional information regarding the [http://www.trainweb.org/rosters/CZRY.html "Carrizo Gorge Railway" locomotive roster] can be found at [http://www.trainweb.org TrainWeb.org]

ee also

* San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway
* San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad
* San Diego Trolley
* San Diego & Arizona Railway
* United States Gypsum operates a narrow-gauge railroad at Plaster City, California.
* List of Mexican railroads

External links

* [http://www.carrizogorgerailway.com/ "Carrizo Gorge Railway" official website]
* [http://www.cgrp.us/ "Carrizo Gorge Railway Police Dept." official website]
* [http://www.otaymesa.org/otay-act/Railway2.html "Binational Implications of Recent Developments on the San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway"] , a position statement issued by the Otay Mesa Chamber of Commerce
* [http://entertainment.signonsandiego.com/profile/270215 "Long-blocked rails on track for reopening"] , an article in the December 7, 2003 issue of the "San Diego Union Tribune"
* [http://www.sdrm.org/ Pacific Southwest Railway Museum official website]
* [http://www.mexlist.com/railways.htm Mexlist, list of currently operating Mexican railways]