Speaker: Bruce Semelsberger, PSRM archivist

The San Diego & Arizona (Eastern) Railway embodied a Cooperation, Consolidation and Culmination of the dreams of many San Diegans. It also proved to be, in some ways, a catastrophe for its builders. This presentation covers a period when the young city of San Diego was just hitting its stride and a few key individuals were looking to ride that wave into the future by providing a transportation system worthy of a great city. From the remnants of the old to the ultimate fate of the new, we follow the progress of the monumental effort that was the building of the SD&A, the final triumph of engineering and the inevitable decline into the present through exclusive photos and materials in the collections of the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. The main presentation is followed by a brief photographic tour of the surprising PSRM archives at Campo. We hope you are able to join us for the presentation and we extend an invitation to visit us at Campo. We believe that a revival of cooperation between our organizations can greatly benefit us all.