Alabama Hills (0356)

California Backside (Eastern)

Folder: California
California's backside, the area largely ignored in tourist images of the state but quite popular with those in the know. Roughly along US 395, the Sierras and Cascades to the Nevada border. From Tule Lake to Owens Valley, including Tehachapi, and around Lake Isabella. Photos are in order by place name. The desert portions of this area are in the California Desert album.
Feather River Tobin bridges (0170)

Feather River Tobin bridges (0170)

08 Jul 2013 1 1 192
Feather River Tobin bridges. The lower, highway (CA-70) bridge was built in 1936. The higher railroad bridge is part of the original Western Pacific Feather River route that was built between 1906 and 1909.
Feather River Tobin bridges (0171)

Feather River Tobin bridges (0171)

08 Jul 2013 181
Feather River Tobin bridges. The lower, highway (CA-70) bridge was built in 1936. The higher railroad bridge is part of the original Western Pacific Feather River route that was built between 1906 and 1909.
Feather River Tobin bridges (0175)

Feather River Tobin bridges (0175)

08 Jul 2013 2 301
A BNSF freight crossing the Tobin bridge over the Feather River and CA-70 on the former Western Pacific Feather River line, which is owned by Union Pacific (I know, sounds confusing).
Feather River Tobin bridges (0178)

Feather River Tobin bridges (0178)

08 Jul 2013 147
A BNSF freight crossing the Tobin bridge over the Feather River and CA-70 on the former Western Pacific Feather River line, which is owned by Union Pacific (I know, sounds confusing).
Feather River Union Pacific (0155)

Feather River Union Pacific (0155)

08 Jul 2013 158
Union Pacific tracks along the Feather River
Goose Lake, CA 1042a

Goose Lake, CA 1042a

15 Jul 2011 92
Goose Lake, a large natural lake stretching south from Lakeview, Or across the border into California.
Keeler CA 1637a

Keeler CA 1637a

23 Nov 2011 1 4 174
Taken in Keeler, CA.
Keeler CA 1638a

Keeler CA 1638a

23 Nov 2011 1 111
Keeler CA 1650a

Keeler CA 1650a

23 Nov 2011 94
Abandoned Keeler beach club.
Keeler CA 1653a

Keeler CA 1653a

23 Nov 2011 94
Abandoned Keeler beach club.
Keeler CA 1655a

Keeler CA 1655a

23 Nov 2011 1 1 130
Taken in Keeler, CA.
Keeler CA depot 1640a

Keeler CA depot 1640a

23 Nov 2011 194
Abandoned Keeler depot of the Carson and Colorado RR. See plaque in nearby picture in E Sierra set.
Keeler CA depot 1641a

Keeler CA depot 1641a

23 Nov 2011 167
Abandoned Keeler depot of the Carson and Colorado RR. See plaque in nearby picture in E Sierra set.
Keeler CA depot 1646a

Keeler CA depot 1646a

23 Nov 2011 118
Abandoned Keeler depot of the Carson and Colorado RR. See plaque in nearby picture in E Sierra set.
Keeler CA depot 1657a

Keeler CA depot 1657a

23 Nov 2011 151
Abandoned Keeler depot of the Carson and Colorado RR. See plaque in nearby picture in E Sierra set.
Keeler, CA

Keeler, CA

15 Jan 2003 2 95
Just east of Lone Pine, CA 136 runs north of Owens Lake. At one point around the 1900's there had been steamboats on the lake that carried ore from mines in Saline Valley, but the lake has been basically dry ever since the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) tapped the water from the Owens Valley. For many years now the dry lake bed has been a source of toxic air pollution for the surrounding areas, due to how the winds stir up what were the sediments of the lake. In recent years there have been some efforts by the MWD to resolve the air pollution by providing some moisture to keep the dust down. This picture is from Keeler, a former steam boat port.
Keeler, CA station plaque 451x

Keeler, CA station plaque 451x

07 Aug 2008 142
(See adjacent picture)
Kern River (3334)

Kern River (3334)

10 Jul 2012 177
Sunset on the Kern River north of Kernville.
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