The San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway is a short line American railroad founded in 1932 as the successor to the San Diego and Arizona Railway, which entrepreneur John D. Spreckels founded in 1906. Dubbed the Impossible Railroad by many engineers of its day because of the immense logistical challenges involved, the line was established in part to give San Diego a direct rail link east by connecting with Southern Pacific Railroad lines in El Centro, California. Since 1979 the company has been owned by the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board and its successor, the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System.
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Company Type Company Type Founded Year In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: San Diego, located there.
Sources
1. Wikidata: San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway
WikidataWikidata item description
short-line American railroad founded in 1906
Wikidata statement: inception (P571)
inception: 1933
Wikidata statement: instance of (P31), value 2
instance of: railway line
Wikidata statement: instance of (P31), value 1
instance of: railway company
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